Posted on 03/07/2013 4:28:02 PM PST by mandaladon
Attorney General Eric Holder has responded to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's question about whether the federal government can legally use a drone strike against an American citizen on U.S. soil if the person is "not engaged in combat":
Earlier this week, Holder wrote in a letter to Paul that the president has the authority to order militarized drone strikes on American citizens within the United States, but only in “an extraordinary circumstance.”
In protest, Paul spoke for 13 hours straight on the Senate floor Wednesday, arguing against the drone policy.
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Sincerely,
It would all depend on who it is that defines “combat.”
“Combat” = drinking coffee at Starbuck’s while posting on FR.
Oh oh.
Khrushchev’s threat/prediction turned out to be correct.
Anyone who voted to confirm this Brennan CIA POS should lose their reelection.
You have to parse everything these bastards say.
It’s just a matter of time before a drone will be used in this capacity, and it will be argued that the drone was not on American soil, but rather in American airspace.
How about voter fraud?
A sure sign that Senator Paul was sucessful standing up to Holder.
The Baraqqis are working on a ballot-stuffing drone, LOL.
Heard this on the CBS evening news and about fell out of my chair. Didn’t the government already state that vets are terrorists? Combative against the government could easily mean anyone who votes against or says anything against the usurper, is a Tea Party member, owns a Bible, owns a gun, etc. That just shut down any state seceeding from the Union. Welcome to al Amerika.
We are being THREATENED.
Riiiigggghhhhtttttttt . . . . . . . . . . . . . and, I’m supposed to believe anything that comes out of this administration because . . . . . . . . !!????
Indeed. Were those at Waco engaged in combat? Ruby Ridge? If you're a victim of a bad no-knock entry and defend yourself is that 'combat'? How about if you and your commie girlfriend are busy building and planting explosives to kill cops? How about if you occupy a college admin building carrying a firearm?
Drinkin a gig gulp while driving an internal combustion automobile
Holed up in your “compound” with your “arsenal” while the IRS lays siege due to you refusing to pay the Obamacare tax for not having an approved policy = “combat” = drone strikes without due process.
lulz - I need to find a new hotspot.
YES, we are.
That letter drips venom and resentment.
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