Mar 6, 2013 ... announced on the Senate floor Wednesday he intended to filibuster the  nomination of John Brennan as director of the ... ... “I will not sit quietly and let him  shred the constitution,” Paul said of Obama, later adding that getting an answer  from the president on drone strikes was like “pulling teeth.” The White ...
Mar 6, 2013 ... Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) filibuster of the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA  director. ... THAT YOUR RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY ARE PRECIOUS, THAT NO  AMERICAN SHOULD BE KILLED BY A DRONE ON AMERICAN SOIL WITHOUT  FIRST BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME,... Show Full Text ...
Oct 15, 2015 ... There have been various accounts of this drone bureaucracy, and almost all  stress the role of Obama's influential counterterrorism adviser John Brennan ( who became director of the CIA in 2013) and of top administration lawyers in  deciding who could be killed. Under Brennan, the nominations process ...
The debate over the circumstances in which lethal force may be used against  terrorist organizations operating from foreign territory is not new. Nor is it a new  reality that the United States must confront armed, non-state actors that threaten  its national security and the lives of its people. Lethal force, including targeted  drone ...
Feb 5, 2013 ... It just takes a few minutes to donate and make sure Democracy Now! is there for  you and everyone else in 2018. .... “EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo  reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans.” (NBC News) ... They're  arguing that the authority to kill American citizens has no geographic limit.
When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’