Does Obama think he can order hits on Americans inside the U.S.?
You might surmise from the scenario described in the Justice Department white paper that was leaked this week—a senior, operational leader of Al Qaeda or an allied group who poses an “imminent threat” and whose capture is “infeasible”—that targeted killings within the United States are out of bounds. But the white paper itself makes it clear that there may be other circumstances where killing an American citizen is OK. There clearly are other circumstances where killing foreigners is OK.
Brennan’s idea of open and transparent government boils down to this: Trust us. That is what he means when he talks about explaining “the procedures, the practices, the processes, the approvals, [and] the reviews” that precede one of the president’s death warrants. Once people understand the “extensive process” that’s involved—behind closed doors and entirely within the executive branch—they will stop worrying about the Fifth Amendment and go back to their reality shows. The one thing Brennan and his boss adamantly refuse to discuss is the evidence that leads them to convict someone of a crime punishable by death. You just have to take their word that in any given case they have plenty.
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I have a simple answer for you: Yes.
BigGator5 on February 10, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Well, actually he CAN do pretty much whatever he wants to. He is immune to all repercussions because he is the First Black President and no one, but no one is going to blame him for any damned thing.
MikeA on February 10, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Andrew Brietbart hardest hit.
John the Libertarian on February 10, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Sure he does. He’s Obama. Everybody is appeasing him. He’s broken and ignored a lot of laws so far and gotten away with it. He issues edicts from the WH. Takes $10,000,000 vacations in the middle of financial cliff talks.. no one cares. He can do anything. His ambassador gets dragged out of the embassy in the middle of the night… Obama is no where to be found. Nobody really cares. Smuggle guns down into Mexico to Mexican drug cartels? What difference does it make. He can do anything.
I mean that alone… a President sneaks guns to Mexican drug cartles.. thousands of the guns are lost and are being used in crimes. Did it with the intention to increase crime and murder so that increase in crime and murder would be used for his purposes.. and people think there’s a line somewhere this guy wouldn’t cross? That’s laughable!
Do you really think he would not use a drone in America on an American citizen? We’ve got drones flying all over the US right now. Did we have them 5 years ago? .. but here we are. Americans used to think of drones as military machines. Now we have them flying over our homes. Come on!
Why do you think those census workers took GPS coordinates of all our homes back in 2009-20010? For the fun of it?
Some house blows up somewhere.. that was just a gas leak.
Seriously. Who could possibly challenge him? A couple blogs? Rush? Boehner? LOL!
JellyToast on February 10, 2013 at 5:56 PM
Of course he can. And anyone who disagreed with that is a racist.
Timin203 on February 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM
Mmmmm…let the conspiracy theorists run rampant with this one.
cozmo on February 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM
Yes, but keep it on the QT.
vityas on February 10, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Exactly…
and JellyToast makes some excellent points and observations as well….
Strange times we live in folks…I hope we survive….
Tim Zank on February 10, 2013 at 6:04 PM
A drone strike against Americans inside the country though would set off a full Rebellion.
And, yes, I think he will do it. Barack Obama wouldn’t have sent tanks into Waco, he’d have done a drone strike.
wildcat72 on February 10, 2013 at 6:06 PM
The very idea that the question is asked is racist.
SagebrushPuppet on February 10, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Just because we’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get us.
Rational Thought on February 10, 2013 at 6:13 PM
That’s a dumb comparison.
Absolutely! But this conspiracy bait is almost as thin as the moon landing hoax people.
cozmo on February 10, 2013 at 6:26 PM
Check out J.E. Dyer’s analysis of the problem.
As usual, she looks at things from a different angle, with illuminating results.
AesopFan on February 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Citizenship really doesn’t mean much anymore with dual citizenship. If a dual Pakistan-US citizen is working for al qaeda, then you would certainly want to take him out. If it’s a singular US citizen, then it might be different story. They need to make the distinction between the two, and they won’t. Obama is a dual citizen according to the guidelines. It really should be called half-citizenship, if it should exist at all, and there shouldn’t be an expectation of the same rights full citizens enjoy.
Buddahpundit on February 10, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Yes he does, and he will – very soon. We must keep in mind that obama is the greatest enemy the United States has ever faced – he will destroy us, if we let him.
Pork-Chop on February 10, 2013 at 6:52 PM
Indeed, he would and will. Since he is going to, he should start with cop killer Christopher Dorner… but, I don’t suppose that would go over too well with his adoring fans.
behiker on February 10, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Getaclue. He’s already done it.
davidk on February 10, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Conspiracy theorists? What is happening to this country on a daily basis was once a conspiracy theory.
In the age of Obama, there is no longer the idea of a conspiracy. It’s called reality.
katy on February 10, 2013 at 7:00 PM
A full rebellion? By who? Americans won’t even challenge their own children and you expect them to somehow find the nads to raise a rebellion? Best I think we can hope for is for a few states to set up safe havens for the few individuals who refuse to submit. Shouldn’t take a lot of room since there won’t be all that many. If the populace as a whole were able to stand up for themselves, we would not be in this mess to start with.
MikeA on February 10, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Wonder if Tea Party rallies in any town USA will be on his domestic “kill list” in the near future?
katy on February 10, 2013 at 7:03 PM
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/electronics-border-seizures/
davidk on February 10, 2013 at 7:28 PM
I certainly would hope so. He will get exactly one off. Then its over.
Bmore on February 10, 2013 at 7:37 PM
Any news yet on whether this cat is a full blown? Brennan.
Bmore on February 10, 2013 at 7:39 PM
Right, because the media will do its job and expose the cover-up that said use of drone was something other than what it actually was.
This America-hating S O B has been committing crimes against our citizens for years, and it isn’t “over.” And his term probably won’t be “over” in 2016 either.
This P O S is a grave threat to America.
Right Mover on February 10, 2013 at 7:59 PM
Of course! Hasn’t Sullum ever heard of Chicago?
viking01 on February 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM
Yep. Powder keg might be a good way to describe his nature also. One misplaced match may well prove to set it off. No media will save him from that if it were to occur.
Bmore on February 10, 2013 at 8:21 PM
Frankly, how is it any different from the wanted dead or alive posters of old? We used to do it, and not necessarily in just the territories. What changed?
AH_C on February 10, 2013 at 8:28 PM
Anybody at this point who accuses the suspicious and wary among us of being tin-foil-hatted conspiracy theorists are, themselves, gullible, trusting buffoons who have no freaking clue what their hallowed President is really all about.
Right Mover on February 10, 2013 at 8:33 PM
Liberals scream, rant and rave about the Death Penalty, use every form of Judicial and procedural trick to derail such a case, hold a candlelight vigil for the guilty and now will look straight in your eyes and say Obama ordering the killing of Americans in the USA is OK with them. I kid you not, as this happened to me today in talking with my liberal brother. The “Deer in the Headlights” look lasts only a second, the the new files are downloaded from the Ministry of Truth, all the files are updated and old files go down the memory hole.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Bulletchaser on February 10, 2013 at 9:08 PM
Here is what will set it in stone. Obama will order the killing of “hateful racist”, say a member of a White Supremest organization and then not say a word, other than the announcement and wait for his opponents to defend this “Evil Racist”. RINO’s will dither, support groups will be mocked and stoned and Wham! All of a sudden the President is popping undesirables.
Stalin did it.
Bulletchaser on February 10, 2013 at 9:14 PM