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Our next guest has a well known Democrat but she is shocked by a new report alleging that that Democrat in the White House.
Consults with a top secret panel authorized to.
Assassinate American citizens among others.
My friend and long -- fox colleague Kirsten Powers Fox News contributor and columnist for the Daily Beast joins me now -- and as always had the pleasure welcome back to freedom watch.
Great to be her -- where you as outraged as as I was as some members of congress are some warrant.
Over the air reports yesterday.
That a group of government officials some former some still on the payroll actually meets in secret somewhere and consults about each other and tells the president who we should.
Hell.
Yeah I mean this is a real death panel you know -- you actually have government officials getting together.
In secret there's no a lot of established that this this group can exist that but what rules they would operate by.
And it's it's completely secret you know abolish supposed to be the transparent president he's the one who was always criticizing George Bush.
I'm for his use of executive power and I mean we're also sat and -- legitimately sell -- you know Dick Cheney keeping secrets about.
In his energy task force how can people get upset about that and not be upset about people who literally get together and decide to kill somebody.
Let let's let's put up.
-- party politics out of percent I agree with you.
But folks as disparate as Ron Paul and Ralph Nader Dennis Kucinich and Bob Barr -- said.
The president cannot be judge jury and executioner.
No matter right what evidence He has against a person the whole -- Write -- constitution.
What to keep the president from becoming -- K.
Yes why.
Look I mean I was outraged by the killing in the first place just because this is an American citizen that has due process rights the president -- -- cannot.
Denied that citizen due process right.
I think that the evidence that He had any kind of operational role as pretty sketchy -- the waiters even quotes.
Administration officials saying they used the word pact you know it's kind of patchy.
I'm -- haven't really made a serious case other than the fact that He He He and He isn't pad me and I mean don't get me wrong.
But you know He was a propaganda.
You know.
Somebody who pushed out a lot of very effective propaganda but He was an American citizen -- -- any.
And just don't ask you I've you weren't even allowed to assassinate people you know -- And regardless I mean and the president barred from assassinating Boren people's now.
Apps absolutely and the constitution.
-- to this is a controversial point but it's crystal clear if you read it protects person's not just American right.
So the president is not at liberty to shoot anybody unless that person is in the act of shooting at an American.
Which mr.
a -- of course at the time was not a want to switch gears and get into the political realm.
What will any of this resonate in 2012.
Or will -- not because the likely Republican candidates for president whichever of them ends up opposing.
President Obama -- it's Ron Paul agree with this kind of thing.
You know it I don't even I don't think it'll be an issue I feel like there's five people talking about it right now you know it's.
Known for some reason people don't care about this yet you have the conservatives to.
They they have complain about Obama not releasing the DOJ memo.
I'm but they ultimately support this -- conservative thinkers coming out supporting it having no problem and actually applauding at.
Abbott and and you have very few liberals that are complaining and at I don't think I have hardly been able to find anybody among my democratic friends -- Any problem with that let me suggest He -- because it's -- -- Let me suggest you how -- this could be.
-- the drone technology that will be coming out soon we'll have drones the size of hummingbirds.
Yeah as we know the feds can follow you as long as you have your cell phone with you.
So if you connect the dots the feds could target a cell phone.
With a draw on the size of a Hummingbird and kill almost anyone they want out of a cloudy day with no warning whatsoever.
Wasn't the contractors are written to prevent.
-- from happening.
Yeah you would think and -- and and the other thing is let's just you know pretend that they were killing you know if they kill somebody that's guilty.
But what's this standard for them to even establish the people are guilty that a couple people in the government think they're built.
Got -- -- -- I mean that that's that's scary it is cures and thanks for joining us.
Thank you judge.
