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President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 10:57 pm
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2014 at 11:02 pm by Heywood.)
The American public deserves to see the drone memos.
Quote:WASHINGTON — I BELIEVE that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate. I can’t imagine appointing someone to the federal bench, one level below the Supreme Court, without fully understanding that person’s views concerning the extrajudicial killing of American citizens.
But President Obama is seeking to do just that. He has nominated David J. Barron, a Harvard law professor and a former acting assistant attorney general, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
While he was an official in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Barron wrote at least two legal memos justifying the execution without a trial of an American citizen abroad. Now Mr. Obama is refusing to share that legal argument with the American people.
Show Us the Drone Memos - Rand Paul
Any of the Obama lovers out there want to argue why Obama should not release these memos?
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:05 pm
(May 11, 2014 at 10:57 pm)Heywood Wrote: The American public deserves to see the drone memos.
Quote:WASHINGTON — I BELIEVE that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate. I can’t imagine appointing someone to the federal bench, one level below the Supreme Court, without fully understanding that person’s views concerning the extrajudicial killing of American citizens.
But President Obama is seeking to do just that. He has nominated David J. Barron, a Harvard law professor and a former acting assistant attorney general, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
While he was an official in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Barron wrote at least two legal memos justifying the execution without a trial of an American citizen abroad. Now Mr. Obama is refusing to share that legal argument with the American people.
Show Us the Drone Memos - Rand Paul
Any of the Obama lovers out there want to argue why Obama should not release these memos?
He should definitely show the memos.
And I have no problem with using drones to remove certain dangers in the world, whether they be US citizens or not.
And, as I've experienced before, those criticising Obama for using drones to target militants are often the loudest supporters of Israel when that nation drops a bomb on a car in a crowded street to eliminate an enemy.
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:05 pm
I'm not an Obama lover, I just think he's more reasonable than the dribbling half wits the GOP seem to attract these days.
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:06 pm
(May 11, 2014 at 10:57 pm)Heywood Wrote: The American public deserves to see the drone memos.
Quote:WASHINGTON — I BELIEVE that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate. I can’t imagine appointing someone to the federal bench, one level below the Supreme Court, without fully understanding that person’s views concerning the extrajudicial killing of American citizens.
But President Obama is seeking to do just that. He has nominated David J. Barron, a Harvard law professor and a former acting assistant attorney general, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
While he was an official in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Barron wrote at least two legal memos justifying the execution without a trial of an American citizen abroad. Now Mr. Obama is refusing to share that legal argument with the American people.
Show Us the Drone Memos - Rand Paul
Any of the Obama lovers out there want to argue why Obama should not release these memos?
Nothing new here. We should all know him by now.
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Jeebus Christoff, you're so terrible at being a troll.
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:10 pm
I am never in favor of any of the candidates running for president. What most people do not understand is that Democrats and Republicans are both supported by the elite corporations that claim to speak for the general public.
Democrats do seem to care more about the people than Republicans, and that is certainly the case with Obama, but it does not mean I support him any more than I would any presidential candidate.
To answer the original question, though, I believe nothing governmental should be hidden from the interest of the public.
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:13 pm
(May 11, 2014 at 11:06 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 11, 2014 at 10:57 pm)Heywood Wrote: The American public deserves to see the drone memos.
Show Us the Drone Memos - Rand Paul
Any of the Obama lovers out there want to argue why Obama should not release these memos?
Nothing new here. We should all know him by now.
Faux Noise watcher, huh?
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:21 pm
(May 11, 2014 at 11:13 pm)Beccs Wrote: (May 11, 2014 at 11:06 pm)Lek Wrote: Nothing new here. We should all know him by now.
Faux Noise watcher, huh?
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:36 pm
What's the difference between a drone firing a missile from 30 miles away and an F-18 firing a missile from 30 miles away?
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RE: President Obama, Show us the drone memos
May 11, 2014 at 11:41 pm
(May 11, 2014 at 11:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote: What's the difference between a drone firing a missile from 30 miles away and an F-18 firing a missile from 30 miles away?
The spelling.
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