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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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To: manc

Ruby Ridge, Waco — The precedent has been set already.


41 posted on 03/05/2013 3:44:53 PM PST by Joe Bfstplk
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To: Mad Dawgg

Ruby Ridge was on HW’s watch.


42 posted on 03/05/2013 3:46:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Darren McCarty

As I said on another thread, most conservatives said “Koresh had it coming”. Apparently without a trial. And they blamed him for the childrens’ deaths. As for those recordings saying “Set the fire here”, I wonder why those weren’t released until AFTER the fire instead of while it was burning. I don’t believe one damn word a federal agent says.

The fed agents were trained on tanks at Ft. Hood. As far as I’m concerned, the army was used against them at Mt. Carmel. Now lots more feds are trained with tanks and are coming after us all.


43 posted on 03/05/2013 3:49:10 PM PST by Terry Mross (How long before America is gone?)
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To: ksen
BTW, this has already been done, i.e. the Civil War.

The next Civil War won't be North against South, it will be Makers against Takers.

And it won't be civil.

44 posted on 03/05/2013 3:49:36 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: ksen
"Obama Administration Says President Can Use Lethal Force Against Americans on US Soil"

Americans? What Americans?

45 posted on 03/05/2013 3:49:45 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: TADSLOS
...and make it look like a mass suicide


46 posted on 03/05/2013 3:50:00 PM PST by Slyfox (Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness -G Wash.)
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To: ColdOne

Obama and his socialits/totalitarian cohorts aren’t stockpiling 2 billion rounds of ammo and spending billions of dollars on military weapons and equipment so they can go hunting the elusive skeet.

They do not intend on letting the left lose their grip on power.
If they cannot continue to steal it at the ballot box they will do whatever else is necessary.


47 posted on 03/05/2013 3:53:53 PM PST by Iron Munro (I miss America, don't you?)
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To: ColdOne

Trial balloon. Testing the waters. Watching the responses.


48 posted on 03/05/2013 3:54:11 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: ColdOne

He already has.


49 posted on 03/05/2013 3:54:43 PM PST by deadrock
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To: dfwgator
"Ruby Ridge was on HW’s watch."

Doesn't matter it was still the Government over stepping its authority. I'm not one of those people that is OK with whatever those in charge do as long as I voted for them. I think every government clown involved in the Ruby Ridge incident should be given a fair trail then lined up and shot.

The violation was over a 200 dollar tax. These government clowns went so far as to build a special bridge so they could get tanks onto Randy Weaver's Property. Think on that for a bit. Does the word "overkill" come to mind?

50 posted on 03/05/2013 3:55:19 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Travis McGee

More good news...

...John has a long mustache...

...fills my heart with a monotonous languor...

EOM


51 posted on 03/05/2013 3:59:26 PM PST by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: Girlene

Why bother with drones? Surround them with tanks and wait for the wind to kick up for the bonfire.


52 posted on 03/05/2013 4:01:47 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Slyfox

Lol. It would be a flavor bomb, of sorts.


53 posted on 03/05/2013 4:04:37 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

All 2,700 Special Response Team (SRT) vehicles recently acquired by the DHS.. Armed with over 2 billion rounds of ammo.


54 posted on 03/05/2013 4:05:07 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: ColdOne

Setting us up


55 posted on 03/05/2013 4:05:53 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Lexington and Concord Americans experience thier first gun grab attempt)
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To: ColdOne

Abandonment of the rule-of-law cuts both ways, dude.


56 posted on 03/05/2013 4:06:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
After Iran strikes, the Bummer could authorize a drone strike on Dearborn...

Or Detroit. Who could tell?

57 posted on 03/05/2013 4:10:14 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Iron Munro
Obama and his socialits/totalitarian cohorts aren’t stockpiling 2 billion rounds of ammo and spending billions of dollars on military weapons and equipment so they can go hunting the elusive skeet.
They do not intend on letting the left lose their grip on power.

They plan on coming out on top after their manufactured economic collapse hits. (Oboma isn't spending like a screaming banshee for nothing. He's trying to rush it along. He has to pull it off within the next 4 years.)
Notice he's doing everything he can to make the American people suffer (see "obomas sequestration torture tactics") while blaming the agony on "the enemy" while he does it.

[BTW - Church attendance is way up. People are sensing something is wrong. They're seeking God. Gee, why would that be? (There are no atheists in fox holes.)]

58 posted on 03/05/2013 4:14:21 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: ColdOne

The most dangerous lethal force in America
today is Oblunder’s economic policies.


59 posted on 03/05/2013 4:17:53 PM PST by Sivad (Nor Cal Red Turf)
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To: ColdOne

The most dangerous lethal force in America
today is Oblunder’s economic policies.


60 posted on 03/05/2013 4:18:16 PM PST by Sivad (Nor Cal Red Turf)
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