
“At the time, the administration criticized Rand Paul for engaging in ‘wild hypotheticals’ before agreeing that using a drone to kill an American this way would be beyond President Obama’s authority. Yet over the weekend, Sen. Lindsey Graham seemed to suggest that what Paul imagined as a dystopian nightmare could be a reality if the Republican from South Carolina were president. ‘If I’m president of the United States and you’re thinking about joining al-Qaeda or ISIL [Islamic State], I’m not gonna call a judge,’ Graham said. ‘I’m gonna call a drone and we will kill you.'”
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