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whether or not to confirm john brennan as as c_i_a_ chief uh... took place
uh... over the past couple of weeks
of one of the things that was uh... holding up at his uh... confirmation
was a request by senator ram pol
in the asking whether or not the president has the authority to order
drawn strikes on 'em
man against americans ion citizens on american soil
turney general eric holder
sent a letter to senator paul
and answered on february twentieth and twenty thirteen year at the john brennan
requesting additional information concerning the administration views
about whether the president has the power to authorize lethal force
such as a drone strike against u_s_ citizens on u_s_ soil and without
trial
paradigm brenner also sent a letter saying the c_i_a_ did not have that
story
but holder said it is possible i suppose to a matching an extraordinary
circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the
constitution
and applicable laws again i'd states for the present authorize the military to
use
lethal force within the territory the united states for example
president could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military do
you such force
if necessary to protect the homeland in circumstances like catastrophic attack
like the one suffered on december seventh nineteen forty one
and september eleventh two thousand and
this is an answer
but it's also not really an answer because that's not really the question
that was asked
there are few people who
doubt high believe whether or not
the u_s_ military had the
legal authority to say shootdown one of those planes
bad to have when it became clear that they were being used
as
essentially uh...
bombs
the question is whether or not
the president in a situation where there is not
such an off the is
danger of an attack
when you get into these notions of the imminent
and whether or not someone constant in imminent threat just by simply saying in
the past that they had plans to do this
and hadn't come out and publicly renounced
they're backed uh... their history
so basically what we have the is a non answer from attorney general holder
on this take