Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Murdering Us

Daily Politics Blog - Charles P. Pierce - Political Blogging - Esquire --The Pulpit's Bully
...The whole loaf is to be found in the second story. NBC got hold of a memo from the Justice Department in which was laid out the case that the president has the power to use drones to kill American citizens if he and the unelected national security bureaucracy determine that the American in question are "senior operational leaders" of al-Qaida or "an associated force." This is true even if there's no evidence at all that the person or persons being killed are planning to commit an act of terror. The Americans don't have to be accused -- let alone charged -- with an actual crime. All that suffices for the extrajudicial killing of an American now is that someone (or several someones) in Washington decide that the American has been involved "recently" in "activities" that might threaten a violent act...

Instead of getting all bug-eyed and mouth foamy over Bushmasters, how about some screaming and yelling over this gross violation of every right you have have as a citizen and human being?

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