Eight Democratic lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to declassify documents detailing the legal basis for his administration's use of drones, both against U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
In a letter sent to Obama Monday, the lawmakers say they're "deeply concerned" about legal claims in a leaked Justice Department white paper that appear to be "overly broad."
"Every American has the right to know the underlying legal rationale that ensures due process," says the letter, organized by Rep. Barbara Lee of California and joined by the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers (D-Mich.)
"Authorizing the killing of American citizens and others has profound implications for our Constitution, the core values of our Nation, our national security and future international practice. The executive branch's claim of authority to deprive citizens of life, and to do so without explaining the legal bases for doing so, sets a dangerous precedent and is a model of behavior that the United States would not want other nations to emulate," the lawmakers write.
Ahhh...Look at that...Rand's "rant" motivated some democrats into action and picked up on Rand's "publicity stunt". Gee, I wonder why NOW they decide to question the president's drone policy? Where were they for 4 years? SILENT!
Ahhh...Look at that...Rand's "rant" motivated some democrats into action and picked up on Rand's "publicity stunt". Gee, I wonder why NOW they decide to question the president's drone policy? Where were they for 4 years? SILENT!
I'm afraid it's Randy Paul who jumped on the band wagon concerning oversight of Drones.
FEB 5,2013 ONE MONTH BEFORE THE RANDY PAUL FILIBUSTER RANT:
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of eleven senators who are demanding more details about the administration's drone program. A bipartisan group of 11 senators wrote a letter to President Obama Monday asking for “any and all legal opinions” that describe the basis for the authority to “deliberately kill American citizens.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Ahhh...Look at that...Rand's "rant" motivated some democrats into action and picked up on Rand's "publicity stunt". Gee, I wonder why NOW they decide to question the president's drone policy? Where were they for 4 years? SILENT!
in airport bathroom stalls and cigar shops
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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