Killing Americans on U.S. Soil: Eric Holder's Evasive, Manipulative Letter - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic

Killing Americans on U.S. Soil: Eric Holder's Evasive, Manipulative Letter - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic: Elsewhere in his letter, Holder writes that "the US government has not carried out drone strikes in the United States and has no intention of doing so. As a policy matter moreover, we reject the use of military force where well-established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat." Interesting they reject it "as a policy matter," but aren't willing to reject military force in the United States as a legal matter, even in instances where law enforcement would better incapacitate the threat. For the Obama Administration, conceding that the executive branch is legally forbidden to do certain things is verboten, despite the fact that an unchecked executive is much more dangerous than the possibility of a future president failing to do enough to fight back against an actual attack on our homeland*.