That's been our position since 9/11. The enemy can be anywhere in the world, thus the battlefield can be anywhere, including the U.S. Since the president can do almost anything he wants on a battlefield, such as use drones to kill American citizens in foreign countries, then, by this reasoning, he could use drones to kill American citizens in the U.S. Glenn Greenwald devotes a lengthy column to the question of whether the administration thinks it has the right to practice its drone policy here.
Greenwald quotes both Obama and CIA Director-designate Brennan in their responses to two questions.
To Brennan - Could you describe the geographical limits on the Administration's conduct drone strikes? Brennan's answer: "we do not view our authority to use military force
against al-Qa'ida and associated forces as being limited to 'hot'
battlefields like Afghanistan."
To Obama - "what will you do to create a legal framework to make American citizens
within the United States believe know that drone strikes cannot be used
against American citizens?" Obama's answer: there "has never been a
drone used on an American citizen on American soil."
The truth shall set you free.
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