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Oh yes he did.



No.

He didn't.


Yes he did. The President can't relinquish his duties as Commander-in-Chief in the event of an attack upon the United States. That role is constitutionally defined as a part of the Presidency, which the President is sworn to execute.

You will note the ancestor post above '[Rand Paul] has several times said all he wants is explicit clarification that drones will not be used against non-combatants, which people piloting a hijacked aircraft would clearly not be.'

And yes, Holder did say that the administration is not going to do that. If you think otherwise then I invite you to cite the specific statement you disagree with.


"And yes, Holder did say that the administration is not going to do that. If you think otherwise then I invite you to cite the specific statement you disagree with."

Why don't you cite the specific statement where he said that?

This: "We will not use drones for extrajudicial executions of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil." would qualify as such a statement.

"Intentions" and "hopes" do not.


I already did, as has tptacek: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5335651 You're just playing word games at this point. 'Will' and 'intention' are synonymous in English.




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