Holder: Oversight is a Good Idea if You're Killing U.S.
Citizens, But That Doesn't Mean We're Going to Allow Any  | Mon
Mar. 5, 2012 10:37 PM GMT  Attorney General Eric Holder gave a
speech today that, among other things, explained at length why
the Obama administration believes it has the authority to
unilaterally order the killing of a U.S. citizen abroad. Adam
Serwer has a good summary here, but I want to focus narrowly on
the questions of due process and oversight raised in the speech.
Here's Holder:    This is, as far as I know, legally correct.
"Due process" doesn't always mean a traditional trial. However,
the "balancing approach" toward due process that Holder mentions
earlier in the speech is generally meant to keep full-blown
trials from being required even for fairly minor offenses,
something that could grind the criminal justice system to a
halt. It's not meant to demean the due process required for
something as serious as targeting someone for killing. As Holder
acknowledges, "An individual’s int