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John E. Sununu

Death, by order of your president

By John E. Sununu

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  March 19, 2012

Earlier this month at Northwestern University, Eric Holder gave an extraordinary speech - perhaps the most extraordinary ever from a sitting attorney general. The gist of his message was this: If you are a US citizen, the president of the United States can issue an order to have you killed without review or approval from any other branch of government. No president has ever asserted such authority.

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