You’re being obstinate - of course he can respond to an imminent threat, just like I personally can respond with deadly force to a deadly threat to me or anyone else.
The administration’s claim is that they can drone Americans on American soil, who do not at the time pose any imminent threat to anyone, without trial.
“The administration’s claim is that they can drone Americans on American soil, who do not at the time pose any imminent threat to anyone, without trial.”
Not true. The administration (Holder) said; The Obama administration believes it could technically use military force to kill an American on U.S. soil in an “extraordinary circumstance” but has “no intention of doing so,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter disclosed Tuesday.
That is not the same thing you claimed.