Obama Officials Refuse To Say If Assassination Power Extends To U.S. Soil

Obama Officials Refuse To Say If Assassination Power Extends To U.S. Soil

Posted by: The Liberty Beacon™ Staff
Published February 25, 2013, filed under GOVERNMENT

The Justice Department “white paper” purporting to authorize Obama’s power to extrajudicially execute US citizens was leaked three weeks ago. Since then, the administration – including the president himself and his nominee to lead the CIA, John Brennan – has been repeatedly asked whether this authority extends to US soil, i.e., whether the president has the right to execute US citizens on US soil without charges. In each instance, they have refused to answer.

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