American_Jihad
Flaming Libs/Koranimals
NBC News Exclusive: Drone strike white paper
Mon Feb 4, 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans
By Michael Isikoff
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News
A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be senior operational leaders of al-Qaida or an associated force -- even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.
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NBC News Exclusive: Drone strike white paper - The Maddow Blog
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Jihadist, I take it that you do support the above or you don't? I don't. And if the Repubs would make a big deal about the illegality of these actions, I would (and this is hard for me to write) I would support the Repubs in getting this craziness stopped.
Killing Americans based on what someone in the adminastration "feels" about someone is fuking crazy. From what I read earlier, the admin doesn't even have to have proof that an American citizen is doing something against the US government. Just that they MAY do something. This is nuts.
Show me where in the COTUS, the office of President gets to decide who is guilty and who deserves to die.
You need to ask that Q to madcow, Isijackoff and msdnc...