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BREAKING: Obama to hand over drone documents ahead of Brennan hearing
CNN ^ | 2-6-2013 | Lesa Jamsen

Posted on 02/06/2013 5:11:09 PM PST by smoothsailing

BREAKING: Obama to hand over drone documents ahead of Hagel hearing

Posted by CNN White House Producer Lesa Jansen

Washington (CNN) - Amid new controversy over his administration's targeted killing of American citizens, President Barack Obama has yielded to demands from Congress to turn over to them classified Justice Department legal advice justifying the policy.

The president's move comes on the eve of confirmation hearings Thursday for his CIA director-nominee John Brennan, and complaints from senators - including several Democrats - about secrecy surrounding the drone policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brennan; cia; drone; drones; hearings; transparency
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1 posted on 02/06/2013 5:11:14 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

...and nothing will come of this and Obama will take another 4 million dollar vacation.

The end.


2 posted on 02/06/2013 5:15:04 PM PST by CommieCutter
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To: smoothsailing

Killing Americans without due process? Who cares, they’ve been declared enemy combatants. The Republic is dead.


3 posted on 02/06/2013 5:17:50 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: CommieCutter

We don’t know what he’s handing over but chances are it’s worthless and self-serving to his agenda. Nothing comes from this WH without a calculated bet they will reap a political reward of some sort.

I’m still pray ANONYMOUS will hack into the Hawaii Birth Cert system. Or,,better yet,,,’claim’ they have


4 posted on 02/06/2013 5:18:02 PM PST by austinaero
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To: smoothsailing

That Obama really puts the “dope” in Rope-A-Dope. Obviously it won’t hurt him or he would just continue to refuse to hand over the goods. He’s the Teflon pResident!


5 posted on 02/06/2013 5:18:44 PM PST by subterfuge (CBS NBC ABC FOX AP-- all no different than Pravda.)
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To: austinaero

pray-ing,,ing, ing..typo


6 posted on 02/06/2013 5:19:15 PM PST by austinaero
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To: austinaero

What is the original source of the drone-killing memo, in the first place?

Anyone know?

Was it leaked?


7 posted on 02/06/2013 5:22:54 PM PST by Truth2012
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To: smoothsailing

This is a first for Obummer but there can’t be one word in that white paper hurting him or any Rat, if there was it’ll blacked out.


8 posted on 02/06/2013 5:37:23 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: CommieCutter

Precisely.

Your cynicism and sarcasm is without peer. /s


9 posted on 02/06/2013 5:44:39 PM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Truth2012
Thiessen at AEI: The top 10 ObamaLeaks John Brennan needs to explain
10 posted on 02/06/2013 5:46:57 PM PST by cornelis
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To: smoothsailing

What difference does it make?


11 posted on 02/06/2013 5:48:29 PM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: smoothsailing; Admin Moderator

(sent to Admin Mod via the abuse button)

Mods please fix the title. It should say “Brennan hearing” not “Hagel hearing”

Perhaps it was originally wrong on the CNN link but it has been corrected on CNN now.


12 posted on 02/06/2013 5:48:45 PM PST by Seizethecarp (Defend aircraft from "runway kill zone" mini-drone helicopter swarm attacks: www.runwaykillzone.com)
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To: Seizethecarp; Admin Moderator

Thanks, I alerted them as well. They were quick, it’s fixed.

It said Hagel in the original, you can still see it in the link:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/06/breaking-obama-to-hand-over-drone-documents-ahead-of-hagel-hearing/

Thx again! :)


13 posted on 02/06/2013 5:53:40 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Who cares? What does it matter? Screw the Rule of Law...and the Constitution. Who cares...


14 posted on 02/06/2013 5:59:41 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks smoothsailing.
Amid new controversy over his administration's targeted killing of American citizens...
They are Citizens In Name Only -- but that's more than some can rightfully claim.


15 posted on 02/06/2013 6:05:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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16 posted on 02/06/2013 6:14:58 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: cornelis

Hey-Thanks.

Now- why....

I wish I were more savy about these things, right about now.


17 posted on 02/06/2013 6:19:09 PM PST by Truth2012
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To: ogen hal

“There are some things worse than hanging and extermination. We reckon giving up the right of self-government one of those things.” — Jefferson Davis, first president of the Confederate States of America.


18 posted on 02/06/2013 6:24:02 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Double Oh 44 will handle the controversy. Confidence in Double Oh is stirred, not shaken.


19 posted on 02/06/2013 6:53:06 PM PST by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: smoothsailing

“is a policy paper rather than an official legal document.”

and

“Memo backs U.S. using lethal force against Americans overseas”

So, the President wants it both ways. Which is it, not a legal document or it is a legal document? These lawyers always try to protect themselves by taking both sides.


20 posted on 02/06/2013 6:56:04 PM PST by Real Cynic No More
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