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Holder: Obama could order lethal force in U.S.
Politico44 A Living Diary of the Obama Presidenc ^ | 3/5/13 | JOSH GERSTEIN

Posted on 03/05/2013 2:35:12 PM PST by ColdOne

However, Holder says that in situations akin to the 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor or the September 11, 2001 attacks, the president might have to order the use of deadly force in the U.S.

"The question you have posed is entirely hypothetical, unlikely to occur, and one we hope no President will ever have to confront," Holder wrote. "It is possible, I supposed, 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. For example, the President could concievably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances of a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; cnsf; cw2; dhs; doj; drones; efad; ericholder; guncontrol; holder; murder; possecomitatus; randpaul; secondamendment; shtf; styg
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1 posted on 03/05/2013 2:35:14 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

why is Holder still there?

He should have been removed right after him lying about guns going to Mexican drug lords


2 posted on 03/05/2013 2:37:02 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: ColdOne

he already authorized Mexicans to use lethal force on our BP agents.


3 posted on 03/05/2013 2:39:31 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: ColdOne

WTF kind of thinking is this! Who would even contemplate such a scenario?? MADNESS !!


4 posted on 03/05/2013 2:40:06 PM PST by MtnMan101
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To: MtnMan101

Obama thinking...


5 posted on 03/05/2013 2:45:49 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: ColdOne

I’m thinking that the next horrific terrorist attack on the US the DOJ will grab all guns, you know, to protect the citizens and all.


6 posted on 03/05/2013 2:46:09 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: ColdOne
....."Holder said: "The U.S. government has not carried out drone strikes in the United States and has no intention of doing so."".......

That's not too comforting.
7 posted on 03/05/2013 2:46:49 PM PST by Girlene
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To: ColdOne

Instead of cowering in fear, the right needs to dare Holder in the strongest possible words to prove it. Enough saber rattling already. Show us that you are willing to murder US citizens you worthless affirmative action gestapo wannabe.


8 posted on 03/05/2013 2:48:53 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ColdOne

Any crisis will do.


9 posted on 03/05/2013 2:49:21 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: MtnMan101

There might be another Ruby Ridge or Branch Davidian home-grown militia type organization that even now is under scrutiny, and sending in the drones is SOO much neater and cleaner than having sharpshooters and eventually firing in tear gas canisters.

One launch and POOFT! Problem solved. (Cuss it all, do I HAVE to put in the /sarc tag?)


10 posted on 03/05/2013 2:49:59 PM PST by alloysteel (What is all too obvious, is not obvious to all. Until it is too late to reverse course.)
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To: alloysteel

...and make it look like a mass suicide by home made IED.


11 posted on 03/05/2013 2:53:09 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: ColdOne

Wasn’t (the threat of) deadly force already used by the military after Katrina?


12 posted on 03/05/2013 2:55:12 PM PST by 1_Of_We
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To: ColdOne

Obummer’s THE most divisive President in U.S. history. Black vs. White. Rich vs. Poor. Citizen vs. Illegal alien. Muslim vs. Christian vs. Jew. America vs. Israel. Red vs. blue. Dog vs. cat. Well, OK, maybe not that one, but you get the drift.


13 posted on 03/05/2013 2:55:53 PM PST by wolfman
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To: ColdOne
For example, the President could concievably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances of a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001."

Uh...last I heard those two incidents were cases of U.S. citizens being attacked by an enemy. Exactly which Americans would 0bama order the military to shoot in these circumstances?

Drones, armored vehicles, ammunition, tortured legalistics justifying violence, and no cogent explanation. These are the classic activities of a government that is about to launch a war.

14 posted on 03/05/2013 2:56:48 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: ColdOne

I see this kind of public conversation by government officials, during these dark and troubled times, to be a clear threat. It’s as if the ba$tard is trying to find a cute way to warn and intimidate us. It also suggests that they very much intend to do sufficient damage to our country in the coming months that might very well lead to a violent reaction.


15 posted on 03/05/2013 2:58:12 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: ColdOne

so much for due process and all that


16 posted on 03/05/2013 2:59:47 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ColdOne
Holder has practice at murdering Americans!


17 posted on 03/05/2013 2:59:52 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: manc
why is Holder still there?

All good Americans are asking the same question but to your question, first, because the rule of law no longer applies to those in DC and secondly, because Holder and the obozo have more destruction to administer to the American people. The American people are resilient and this administration wants that dead and buried.

18 posted on 03/05/2013 2:59:58 PM PST by drypowder
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To: ColdOne
Just like his mentors Janet Reno and Jamie Gorelick did against the children of Mt Carmel, Texas when David Koresh could have been arrested while jogging.
19 posted on 03/05/2013 3:00:59 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: SpaceBar

I could not agree with you more.

Enough is enough of these ba$tards. I am sick of the threats.


20 posted on 03/05/2013 3:02:58 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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