Atty. General - Monumental Coward? [View all]

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"In short, the Justice Department argued that it was lawful for the government to kill an American citizen if "an informed, high-level official" decided that the target was a ranking figure in Al Qaeda who posed "an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States" and if his capture was not feasible. While the administration's basic legal conclusions had already been aired — including in speeches by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and other officials — the white paper provided a far more detailed legal justification.

Some human rights groups dismissed it in language reminiscent of their critiques of the Bush administration's legal opinions on torture, taking particular aim at its flexible definition of what might constitute an "imminent" threat and the lack of any outside check on its claimed authority."*

In response to outrage over the leaked white paper memo, Attorney General Eric Holder differentiated between an imminent and immediate threat in ordered killings based on secret evidence. How is Holder handling his duties, and why does Cenk Uygur consider him to be a monumental coward?

*Read more from The New York Times

(This video is from the TYT bonus channel youtube.com/tytshows. Most likely from the Feb. 6 Current TV show.)