In a letter to Paul dated on Monday
His comments released on Tuesday were prompted by questions raised over the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA,Beats by dre. Specifically,Louis Vuitton handbags, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee sought the Obama administration's legal rationale for its use of drones to kill terror suspects overseas,http://www.hermesbirkin-maque.com/.But Sen. Rand Paul,http://www.monsterbeats1store.com/, a Kentucky Republican who has said he would do what he could to hold up Brennan's nomination until he got a full answer to his query, wanted to know whether the administration considered that policy applicable domestically.In a letter to Paul dated on Monday, Holder said it was possible, "I suppose," to imagine an "extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate" under U,guccioutlet-brand.com.S. law for the president to authorize the military to "use lethal force" within the United States.However, Holder said the question was "entirely hypothetical" and "unlikely to occur."The United States, he said, has not carried out such action domestically and had no plans to do so.Holder said a potential scenario might involve a president ordering such action "to protect the homeland" in a case like the 2001 al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington or the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941,true religion outlet.But he said the administration rejects the use of military force where law enforcement authorities provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat,Gucci handbags.Paul, who released the letter from Holder along with his statement, was not satisfied with the response."The U.S. attorney general's refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes on American citizens and on American soil is more than frightening. It is an affront to the constitutional due process rights of all Americans," Paul said,nike soccer cleats.
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