The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: twyacht on March 05, 2013, 05:23:11 PM
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Keep kickin the hornets nest Eric....
http://washingtonexaminer.com/eric-holder-drone-strikes-against-americans-on-u.s.-soil-are-legal/article/2523319
Attorney General Eric Holder can imagine a scenario in which it would be constitutional to carry out a drone strike against an American on American soil, he wrote in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
“It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question about whether Obama “has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial.”
Paul condemned the idea. “The U.S. Attorney General’s refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes on American citizens and on American soil is more than frightening – it is an affront the Constitutional due process rights of all Americans,” he said in a statement.
Holder noted that Paul’s question was “entirely hypothetical [and] unlikely to occur,” but cited the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as the type of incidents that might provoke such a response.
“Were such an emergency to arise, I would examine the particular facts and circumstances before advising the President on the scope of his authority,” he concluded.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, an attorney and Judiciary Committee member, told The Washington Examiner last month that the drone policy so far outlined by the administration is too vague.
“That has the potential to swallow the rule,” Lee said after the drone program white paper was leaked. “If you’re going to regard somebody as presenting an imminent threat of an attack on the U.S. simply because you have concluded that they are an ‘operational leader’ or they are involved in planning an attack in one way or another, you find yourself giving way to much discretion to the government.”
Lee said that the White House should release the formal legal analysis underpinning the drone program. “We know that in some instances where the government has released its legal analysis, it gets it wrong,” he said.
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The list keeps getting longer against this admin. The tin foil is losing its effectiveness.
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http://www.bing.com/search?q=Drone%20spotted%20over%20NYC&pc=conduit&ptag=A1ABE2870D3204E8590F&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3210127&ShowAppsUI=1
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/03/05/Pilot-spotted-drone-over-Brooklyn/2491362505756/
Pilot spotted drone over Brooklyn
The pilot of a passenger plane spotted what looked like a drone in the skies over Brooklyn as he came in to land at JFK Airport.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MORE AT LINK<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
It's already started.
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According to the FAA, and ATC, drones can only fly over American cities "if" they file a flight plan,.....Hmmmm,....FAA/ATC has no report of one filed....
Shocked! I am shocked!!!....
It has started.
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According to the FAA, and ATC, drones can only fly over American cities "if" they file a flight plan,.....Hmmmm,....FAA/ATC has no report of one filed....
I'm sure they filed one.
It's probably in the Super Secret shoebox right next to the Constitution.
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Honestly I think we can all come up with circumstances in which we would approve of a drone strike in the US on a cit. they just would be so extreme unlikly it would never happen. now what there idea of a valid strike is another matter.
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So if drone strikes are legal on US soil, what about plain old air strikes? Assassinations?
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Honestly I think we can all come up with circumstances in which we would approve of a drone strike in the US on a cit.
Sure..like the cops have been outside for a really long time and the suspects just aren't giving up and you know... everyone is getting really tired of this sh!t.
No wait...that's the time to bring in the tanks and burn everyone alive (For the Children!) not drone strikes. Never mind.
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Sure..like the cops have been outside for a really long time and the suspects just aren't giving up and you know... everyone is getting really tired of this sh!t.
No wait...that's the time to bring in the tanks and burn everyone alive (For the Children!) not drone strikes. Never mind.
Yep.