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2017-11-05 -Land of the Free

8 March 2012 - Mueller: I Can't Say Whether I Now Can Kill Citizens In The United States Under Obama's Kill Doctrine

[Johnathan Turley] This week we have been discussing Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent speech at Northwestern University Law School detailing the claim of President Barack Obama that he has the right to kill American citizens based on his inherent authority and the ongoing war on terror. I previously wrote a blog and a column on the issue. Those pieces noted that Holder limited his remarks by referring to targeted killing "abroad." However, I noted that the Administration’s past references to this power are not so limited. Indeed, the only limits stated by the Administration have been self-imposed standards and what Holder calls "due process" ‐ expressly excluding "judicial process." Now, FBI Director Robert Mueller has entered the fray. On Wednesday Mueller was asked in a congressional hearing whether the current policy would allow the killing of citizens in the United States. Mueller said that he simply did not know whether he could order such an assassination. It was the perfect moment to capture the dangerous ambiguity introduced into our system by this claim of inherent authority. I can understand Mueller deferring to the Attorney General on the meaning of his remarks, but the question was whether Mueller understands that the same power exists within the United States. One would hope that the FBI Director would have a handle on a few details guiding his responsibilities, including whether he can kill citizens without a charge or court order.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-05 06:40|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 And this was the best lawyer to be found to conduct an investigation of the alleged collusion of Donald Trump and the Russians ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-05 06:49|| 2017-11-05 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Hillary has no problem.

Posted by Dale 2017-11-05 09:54|| 2017-11-05 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 President Barack Obama that he has the right to kill American citizens based on his inherent authority and the ongoing war on terror.

How convenient that there always seems to be some fucking war going on.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-11-05 09:55|| 2017-11-05 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 One would hope that the FBI Director would have a handle on a few details guiding his responsibilities, including whether he can kill citizens without a charge or court order.

Ambiguous about whether he can kill citizens in the U.S. That is a dangerous man.

Mr. Mueller should be reminded about an excerpt from our Declaration of Independence:

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and happiness.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-05 12:20|| 2017-11-05 12:20|| Front Page Top

#5 On Wednesday Mueller was asked in a congressional hearing whether the current policy would allow the killing of citizens in the United States.
Waco? Ruby Ridge? It is already here, the only thing is that Mueller is too mealy mouthed to admit it.

Posted by magpie 2017-11-05 18:36|| 2017-11-05 18:36|| Front Page Top

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