Holder: Barack Obama has "authority" to use drone strikes to kill Americans on US soil
Eric Holder argued that using lethal military force against an American in his home country would be "legal" and "justified" in an "extraordinary circumstance" comparable to the September 11 terrorist attacks [inside job].
The president could conceivably have "no choice" but to "authorise" the military to use such force if necessary to protect "the homeland" ["Das Vaterland"], Mr Holder claimed. His statement was described as "more than frightening" by Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, who had demanded to know the Obama administration's position on the subject. "It is an affront the constitutional due process rights of all Americans," said Mr Paul, a 50-year-old favourite of the anti-government Tea Party movement, who is expected to run for president in 2016.
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