In response to Rand Paul's letter asking whether "the President has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial," we now have an answer. Attorney General Holder responds, in a word "Yes." Of course, it is caveated with 'extraordinary circumstances' and 'necessity' but as Mike Krieger so subtly summarizes: "the military can assassinate U.S. citizens on U.S. soil." As NBC reports, the letter from Holder surfaced just as the Senate Intelligence Committee was voting 12-3 to approve White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to be CIA director. The vote came after the White House agreed to share additional classified memos on targeted drone strikes against U.S. citizens overseas. As Rand Paul commented, "this is more than frightening... it is an affront to the Constitutional due process rights of all Americans."
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Impeach the communist muslim president and remove the communists and muslims he has placed in cabinet positions before he starts a nationwide rebellion. Or is it too late for that?
ReplyDeleteDo you suppose Iran might hack one of these drones and attack the White House?
ReplyDeleteIt could happen.
Iran for now, when they start using them against Americans all bets are off.
ReplyDeleteDidn't they just make a movie about something similar....Olympus has fallen.....
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that in general no one seems to care about this. I guess due process isn't important as long as it's someone else who is denied a trial.
ReplyDelete1:33, frog in the water syndrome.
ReplyDeleteWhere IS that goof of a cop who ridiculed me a couple of months ago for suggesting that soon the drones will be armed and used against AMERICANS on AMERICAN soil? Where ya at, boy? And who's the idiot now? The chief law enforcement office in the nation just proved that you ARE as stupid as I thought.....or naive beyond belief. I'm going with storm trooper stupid.....
ReplyDeleteDang frog is boiling 1:54! It's jump or die at this point.
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