Twenty-five years ago, 9/11 hit America like nothing before it. Once the initial shock of the terrorist attacks wore off, the country wanted justice – fast.

Three days later, Congress voted on the Authorization for Use of Military Force, a resolution letting the president wage war on whoever he decided was responsible, anywhere, with no fixed enemy and no end date.

The resolution seemed entirely reasonable at the time. The country was rallying around its president, who'd pledged to "rid the world of evil."

It passed the House and Senate by a combined vote of 518-1.

Only one member of Congress saw the danger and voted no: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California. A quarter-century later, it's time we admitted how right she was.

Rep. Barbara Lee voted against blanket presidential authority after 9/11

Lee was no pacifist. Her father and her ex-husband were both........

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