"The military’s new charter is the latest in a series of swift steps that
the generals have taken to tighten their grasp on power just at the moment when
they had promised to hand over to elected civilians the authority that they
assumed on the ouster of Hosni
Mubarak last year. Their charter gives them control of all laws and the
national budget, immunity from any oversight, and the power to veto a
declaration of war." (thanks "Ibn Rushd")