Obama admits he doesn’t have authority to “drone” American citizens… sorta

This just in, via Allahpundit:

Strictly speaking, Eric Holder already acknowledged this yesterday after three agonizing minutes of Ted Cruz teasing it out of him. But Rand Paul wanted a formal statement from the White House as a condition of ending his filibuster.

And now, apparently, he’s got it:

Water Boarding is “against our values”, but killing U.S. citizens here in America? That’s just dandy…

A stunning moment of clarity from White-House-flak-turned-pundit Robert Gibbs, whether he intended it to be or not:

Media struggles to spin Obama’s newly affirmed “License To Kill” as a positive

Abu Ghraib.

NSA wire-tapping.

Guantanamo Bay.

Water-boarding.

Remember all these golden hits from not that long ago (plus a host of others) which the Left carped about DAILY? Remember the claims that Bush was a tyrant/dictator/fascist/Nazi? That he was a war-mongering war criminal who really, really loved war? That the United States should be the world’s buddy, and shouldn’t do things like forcibly extracting information from terrorists, or listen in on conversations between terrorists, ’cause THAT would be an egregious governmental overreach?

That is sooooo yesterday.

In light of the news which we just touched on earlier, the media’s reaction has been somewhat of a mixed bag. Certainly there’s been surprise from some on the Left, and it can’t be ignored that the leaked 16-page ‘White Paper‘ was brought to light via NBCnews.com. But it remains to be seen if this will engender even a fraction of the vitriol that was trained on G. W. Bush and the War on Terror before their guy took over the shop.

More Tyranny from Obama and Obama ‘Justice’ Department (and Another Open Admission of Treason by Obama)

Remember what fighting for ‘Truth, Justice & the American Way’ USED to mean??
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Welcome to the 2013 version, courtesy of President Obama:

“LOOK – up in the sky!
It’s a BIRD!
…It’s a PLANE!!” …
“NO, it’s…(***ka-BOOOOOM!!!!!***)

The Rio Norte Line

Have you seen this story?

EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans

A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” — even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.

Ignore that this is connected to terrorism for a moment.  Pretend this is about organized crime.  Let’s look at this issue in this new light and see if it still reads the same to you:

EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans

A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of organized crime or “an associated organization” — even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in…

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