On drone strikes, WH tries to distance itself from DOJ it runs
http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/298879560152399872
Wait, what? A recently discovered confidential Department of Justice memo revealed that the Obama administration has a pretty lenient policy on when drone strikes can be launched.
The government does not need evidence that a specific attack is imminent, the newly disclosed Justice Department white paper says, only that the targeted suspect is involved in ongoing plotting against the United States.
“The threat posed by al-Qaida and its associated forces demands a broader concept of imminence in judging when a person continually planning terror attacks presents an imminent threat,” the document says.
https://twitter.com/THEHermanCain/status/298868968859516928
But, hey, out of their hands? There’s more, too. The White House also defended the use of drone strikes to kill citizens, but not the use of waterboarding.
https://twitter.com/Heminator/statuses/298868567347191808
https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/298880786642399234
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/298880593519845376
https://twitter.com/KatMcKinley/status/298894803624685569
Citizens also react to the absurdity of the White House trying to distance itself from the Department of Justice that it runs.
https://twitter.com/javelinabomb/status/298880505200398336
https://twitter.com/javelinabomb/status/298881573464444928
https://twitter.com/KirkSpears/status/298881930227769345
https://twitter.com/exjon/status/298879888524455938
https://twitter.com/BrianFaughnan/status/298881364416163840
https://twitter.com/projectmat/status/298880573525606400
https://twitter.com/Crapplefratz/status/298881866126204928
https://twitter.com/pb65/status/298881664069824514
CBS’s Mark Knoller points out a little something else.
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/298881613180321792
https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/298882125984329728
He’s not kidding:
And Twitter user ExJon sums it up.
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