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February 05, 2006
Why Stop at Pakistan?
Well, you could see this coming:
In the latest twist in the debate over presidential powers, a Justice Department official suggested that in certain circumstances, the president might have the power to order the killing of terrorist suspects inside the United States. Steven Bradbury, acting head of the department's Office of Legal Counsel, went to a closed-door Senate intelligence committee meeting last week to defend President George W. Bush's surveillance program. During the briefing, said administration and Capitol Hill officials (who declined to be identified because the session was private), California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked Bradbury questions about the extent of presidential powers to fight Al Qaeda; could Bush, for instance, order the killing of a Qaeda suspect known to be on U.S. soil? Bradbury replied that he believed Bush could indeed do this, at least in certain circumstances.
Posted by zeynep at February 5, 2006 10:05 AM
Comments
Suspected, just suspected! No evidence, no proof, just suspected aka imagined ?
Paranoid schizo or what?
Posted by: Lani at February 6, 2006 12:06 AM
It already happened in Britain--they just gunned down an innocent (but darker-complexioned--very suspicious!) guy in a Tube station.
Posted by: Jean at February 8, 2006 02:46 AM