"With more and more of Washington turning their television sets over to C-SPAN to see what Paul was up to, the freshman lawmaker repeatedly hammered home his desire to get a straight answer from the White House.
"I don't question the president's motives. I don't think the president would purposely take innocent people and kill them. I really don't think he would drop a Hellfire missile on a cafe or a restaurant like I'm talking about. But it bothers me that he won't say that he won't," Paul said. "And it also bothers me that when he was a senator in this body and when he was a candidate, he had a much higher belief and standard for civil liberties, and that he seems to have lost that as he's become president."
Paul added: "I have a great deal of concern about this slippery slope of saying that there won't be accusations, there won't be trials, that we will just summarily execute people. And the question is, will you execute noncombatants? If he's not going to, he ought to say so."
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McConnell stated last night that he would oppose Brennan's confirmation. Let's see if he puts his "money where his mouth is."
Holder's performance before the senate yesterday was appalling. He doesn't think a non-judicial execution of an American citizen in a non-imminent sitation is unconstitutional? Someone should think about impeachment as a remedy with regard to Holder. pl
