Hello Bob,   
      
    MM>> Was Rand Paul wasting his time, or did he have some claim   
    MM>> to his argument about the domestic use of drones?   
      
   BK>He was right. Drones are questionable, and need to be restricted   
   BK>in any event.   
      
   Senator Paul was wrong.  He questioned AG Eric Holder about the   
   use of armed drones over American soil.  Holder answered "No" to   
   that question, explaining that only in an emergency event dealing   
   with national security (such as Pearl Harbor or 9-11) would drones   
   be considered to be used as such.  However, Senator Paul failed to   
   ask the more pertinent questions, such as unarmed drones flying   
   over American soil, and under whose authority should drones be   
   placed?   
      
   BK>Armed drones have very very limited justification inside this   
   BK>country.   
      
   The CIA oversees how drones are used.  Senator Paul failed to   
   question this.  In my view, drones should be placed under the   
   Department of Defense.  That way, there could be Congressional   
   oversight, with the ability to place controls on that program.   
      
   I do not like the idea of the CIA conducting operations inside   
   of the United States, on American citizens.  It would make me feel   
   as if I were living inside the Soviet Union of old.  Or worse.   
      
   A president issuing executive orders to "terminate with extreme   
   prejudice" those he does not like, without ever having to answer   
   to anybody for his actions, used to be a storyline thought up   
   only by science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick, Robert   
   Heinlein, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell.  But in today's   
   modern world, with its technological marvels, those visions have   
   in many ways already become reality.  The only question remains   
   is where does it all stop?   
      
   --Lee   
      
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