“So the office of legal counsel looked at this very carefully and determined number one that the federal murder statute does apply to the Executive Branch, but the president wasn’t personally carrying out the strike, but the aiding and abetting laws are broad and determined that a public authority exception is built into statutes and that applied particularly to the murder statute that talks about unlawful killing did not apply to the drone strike,”
We keep hearing what the justice's are asking , what was the answer to the question from the prosecutor?
From the linked article:
Would have loved to hear it. Would not surprise me if he asked for a recess to change his drawers.