Obama Will Use Drones to Assassinate Americans in the United States

Senator Rand Paul’s persistence paid off. After several inquiries to Attorney General Eric Holder, we now have an answer. The Obama administration reserves the right to use predator drones to assassinate American citizens without due process – not just overseas but within the United States. In a letter to Senator Paul, Attorney General Holder responded frankly:

It is possible, I suppose to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States. For example, the President could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances of a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001.

It may have been expected that Holder would mention open insurrection as a situation in which such force would be used against the American people. However, the Attorney General did not bring up that possibility. Instead, he mentions Pearl Harbor and 9/11. What is strange about this is that neither of these horrific attacks was perpetrated by American citizens.

The fact that the Obama administration has set the threshold for use of the Obama assassination policy on Americans within the United States so low creates great concern. Virtually any attack on the United States or any major terrorist event – whether genuine or a false flag – could trigger the cessation of due process and the assassination of Americans. Holder is no stranger to covert machinations as his role in the “Fast and Furious” scandal indicates.  Holder’s words also seem to leave the door open for such force to be used in the event of a major natural disaster or any widespread unrest that might occur in the wake of a possibly inevitable financial collapse within the United States.  

Another chilling aspect of Holder’s words is that he made no mention of al Qaeda. This strongly suggests that the Obama assassination doctrine is not reserved merely for one who is a “senior operational leader” of “al Qaeda or an associated force.” The Department of Homeland Security has set forth a number of absurd, puzzling, and frightening criteria by which an American might be considered a “suspected terrorist.” These include speaking out against government policies, protesting, questioning war, holding gold, creating alternative currencies, stockpiling food, supporting Ron Paul and being a libertarian, liking a Founding Father, etc. For a well documented list of links of the various government criteria for being a “suspected terrorist” see “Americans – Like Nazi Germans – Don’t Notice that All of Our Rights Are Slipping Away” on Washington’s Blog.

The bottom line is that the Obama administration has openly admitted that it is willing and able to kill Americans within the United States without due process and in the absence of an insurrection-triggered suspension of Habeas Corpus. If this does not create moral outrage throughout the Republic, then perhaps we frogs are already fully boiled.