Posted on 03/07/2013 12:31:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Sen. Rand Paul declared "victory" Thursday after Attorney General Eric Holder assured him that the president cannot use a drone to kill a non-combatant American on U.S. soil -- an assurance Paul had sought during his 13-hour filibuster the day before.
"Hooray!" Paul responded, when read the letter for the first time during an interview with Fox News. "For 13 hours yesterday, we asked him that question, so there is a result and a victory. Under duress and under public humiliation, the White House will respond and do the right thing."
During his dramatic filibuster, which delayed a vote on CIA director nominee John Brennan, Paul had demanded the administration clarify the government's authority to kill on U.S. soil. The filibuster ended early Thursday morning.
But on Thursday afternoon, Holder sent a terse letter to Paul that said: "It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional question: 'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The answer to that question is no."
In response, Paul said Thursday that "we're proud to announce that the president is not going to kill unarmed Americans on American soil." He later took to the floor to promote the attorney general's response, before the Senate moved to vote on Brennan.
Though Paul's 13-hour stand drew praise from all sides of the political spectrum, the senator did take heat Thursday from some in his own party who claimed he stirred unnecessary fear about the use of drones.
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Dear SeekandFind, you took the words right out of my mouth. I trust them about as far as I could throw a freight train. Like Jesus said, “you will know a tree by it’s fruit”. Take us home LORD.
Wouldn't that be true in both cases?
Unnecessary fear my butt. If the govt has their way we will have 10,000 drones flying overhead everyday spying on everything we do. Its a nightmare just thinking about it.
When they are doing stuff in the US that they are not doing in Russia you know you are screwed.
First of all, if a president has the power to say he WON’T used drones on Americans, he apparently has the power to change his mind and kill anyone he wants.
I don’t call it a victory when a muslim is CIA Director.
Graham is the one who saved Clinton’s butt during the impeachment. He voted with the democrats on the most serious charge. The talking heads were shocked.
Man, I hope he got it in writing. Holder LIES about what he says as often as the LIAR IN Chief.
The man is a idiot.
That’s not even the main point. And there are exceptions to the rule.
Thankfully, this grandstanding jerk will never be President.
RE: That’s not even the main point. And there are exceptions to the rule.
Then why did it take so long for Eric Holder to give a straightforward answer?
RE: That’s not even the main point. And there are exceptions to the rule.
Then why did it take so long for Eric Holder to give a straightforward answer?
I think the reason why Holder gave a quick reply after the filibuster is that the filibuster got a lot of people’s attention. People woke up on this. This is the beginning.
Senior administration official: Holder’s letter to Rand Paul implies no change to our drone policy
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