Carney On Secret Kill List: "Not Going To Engage In A Conversation About That"

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Real Clear Politics

Bill Press, questioner: "Jay, the New York Times reported Sunday on a memo that the Justice Department gave the White House authorizing the assassination of Anwar Al-Awlaki. Can you confirm the existence of the memo, and will it be released as Senator Feinstein requested?"

Jay Carney, White House press secretary: "Bill, as you know I'm not going to discuss matters of that nature. I can simply say as a general matter of fact that Mr. Awlaki was an operation leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). He was directly involved in plots to perform terror that would have resulted in terrorist acts against the United States, and, you know, it is, I think it is important to remember that when we assess the overall question.

Press: "Were there any other Americans or targets on that list?"

Carney: "Again I'm not going to, as others who are here when this happened, I'm just not going to engage in a conversation about that."

Read more: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/12/carney_on_secret_kill_list_not_going_to_engage_in_a_conversation_about_that.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. TRANSPARENCY

[Enrique]

2. good job, keep asking

and when they stonewall, ask them some more. :thumbsup:

[ixion]

3. "We don't discuss matters of that nature. We just whack the guy"

and send you to GITMO if you ask too many questions about it.

[Octafish]

5. It's fully legal.

Nyah, see? We got this memo, see?



I'll explain it to ya: It's all legal like. See?

And secret, see?

[MilesColtrane]

4. Translation: "I refuse to answer under the grounds that any statement may....

incriminate me in the event of future prosecution."

[No Elephants]

9. What prosecution? Apparently, America doesn't do that kind of thing anymore.

[gratuitous]

6. Real proud of themselves, aren't they?

And yet they have the stone cojones to have Biden and others come out and intone how criminal it is to assassinate people. That is, if you're talking about entrapped Iranians. When you're talking about the good ol' U S and A, that's different, because we're exceptional. And 83% of liberals approve of the Obama administration, so there you goddam hippie malcontents!

[greiner3]

7. Well;

It is a step below renditions.

[The Northerner]

8. K&R n/t

[No Elephants]

10. "Most Transparent Administration Ever"

"If you elect me President, my adminstration will tell you every single thing I and they want you to know, in very carefully chosen words."

[rayofreason]

11. "Double Secret Probation" - Dean Wormer. n/t