The Obama administration’s argument that federal judges should not
“second-guess” the government policy of using unmanned aerial drones
overseas to kill suspected terrorists, even if they are U.S. citizens,
drew a strong and sustained negative response Friday morning from a
federal judge in Washington. “The question is: how far does your
argument take you? Where is the limit to this? Where does that stop?”
U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer asked a government lawyer during
a one-hour, twenty-minute hearing.