Cruz gets an admission out of Holder; Paul filibusters unsatisfactory drone response

After Holder's 'extraordinary circumstance' response to Rand Paul's letter concerning the authorization of drone strikes within the US didn't sit well with the Senator, Ted Cruz took a stab at Holder and actually managed to get an admission out of our squirmy Attorney General that killing Americans with drones on U.S. soil is indeed unconstitutional...



Nonetheless, Rand Paul is filibustering John Brennan's nomination to CIA director over his dissatisfaction with the Obama administration's response.

ADDENDUM: Follow Sen. Paul's filibuster here (C-SPAN2). Bravo! to those Senators who are joining him.

FoxNation is also carrying Paul's filibuster live...

Sen. Rand Paul launched into an old-fashioned filibuster on the Senate floor Wednesday as he tried to hold up the nomination of John Brennan for CIA director over concerns about the president’s authority to kill Americans with drones.

Paul, R-Ky., is one of several lawmakers – on both sides of the aisle – who has raised concerns about the legal justification for launching drone strikes against Americans overseas. But Paul took to the floor after receiving a statement from Attorney General Eric Holder that creaked open the door to the possibility of using a drone to kill an American inside the United States.

“No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual. It goes against everything that we fundamentally believe in our country,” he said.

Paul, who started speaking shortly before noon, said he will filibuster the nomination “until I can no longer speak.”

Levin also weighs in, emphasizing who's actually fighting for us in Washington...

theRightScoop: Mark Levin says that it’s our guys in Washington making a difference right now, it’s our guys fighting back, it’s our guys giving us hope for the future, not the Republican establishment types.