WHAT, you think you can do drone strikes in the US?!

From Eric "Good Prosecutorial Discretion" Holder, US Atty General,  March 2013:

“It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question about whether Obama “has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without trial.”

 From Wikipedia:

Posse Comitatus Act

"...Any use of the Armed Forces under either Title 10/Active Duty or Title 10/Reserves at the direction of the President will offend the Constitutional Law also known as Public Law prohibiting such action unless declared by the President of the United States and approved by Congress."

Umm Holder?  HOLDER!  BUELLER?!?!   

Even our president can't authorize drone strikes on US soil against Americans.

(I hope!) 
 

Update:  "It has come to my attention," the letter states "That you have now asked an additional question: 'Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The answer to that question is no." - Love, Atty General Eric Holder.