White House issues answer after Senator’s 13-hour speech
Mar 7, 2013
Today, following a historic 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor that ended early this morning, Sen. Rand Paul received
correspondence from the White House
regarding the legality and constitutionality of the U.S. government
using lethal force, including drone strikes, on Americans and in U.S.
territory. Sen. Paul's repeated correspondence to President Obama's
nominee to be CIA director, John Brennan, was finally answered today, in
part, with the following response from Attorney General Eric Holder:
"'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to
kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The answer to
that question is no."
"This is a major victory for American civil liberties and ensures the
protection of our basic Constitutional rights. We have Separation of
Powers to protect our rights. That's what government was organized to do
and that's what the Constitution was put in place to do," Sen. Paul
said. "I would like to congratulate my fellow colleagues in both the
House and Senate and thank them for joining me in protecting the rights
of due process."
http://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorRandPaul
http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=735
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