Holder spells out why drones target US citizens

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15. You're really confused?

Police will shoot someone in an emergent situation who's a danger to himself or others. There are publicly available guidelines for those situations. In many communities, there are citizen review boards who are tasked with reviewing the situation, and while discipline is not usually enforced on offending officers, it happens sometimes. And people do indeed verbally, legally, and otherwise "attack" police departments, or at least try to hold them responsible for their public actions.

Let us know how much of these community reviews and safeguards you see in place for this "secret" program that your tax dollars are paying for. I'll even go you one better, since Mr. Al-Awlaki was apparently killed: What was he doing - right that moment as we was riding in a car - that could be dealt with only through a sudden missile strike? And what "dangerous" activity was Al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son doing a few weeks later that he similarly was blown to Kingdom Come by our nameless government agency? Who's reviewing those actions? What if they got it wrong? Who will we hold responsible for mistakes?

"Confused"! Sheesh.