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| Holder's March 7th Letter to Rand Paul | |
| 2013-03-08 | |
| Politico has the latest: Dear Senator Paul: 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. Eric H. Holder, Jr. Unfortunately, the question and answer couplet has a grammar problem and means something different than what Holder or Paul intends. As stated, it means, for example, that if an American is on Yeman soil, the President does not have authority to kill him even if that American is engaged in combat. A decent 10th grader could have spotted this problem.
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| Posted by:lord garth |
| #2 for the remainder of this administration For some reason I find the above sentence troublesome. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-08 04:31 |
| #1 Also begs the question of the definition of actual "combat" and combatant. Not a great deal of thought went into that three liner legal opinion. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-08 00:39 |