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National Security Council (view source)
Revision as of 05:53, April 30, 2017
, 05:53, April 30, 2017→Obama administration
It also saw the institution of a presidential "kill list" for persons – including US citizens – deemed Obama's enemies by a surreptitious process that likely violates US constitutional law<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 </ref> and most assuredly violates international law.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/07/obamas-new-executive-order-on-drones-means-the-u-s-may-still-violate-international-law/ </ref> Having disposed of international agreements, the [[Russia]]n government and others felt obliged to do the same.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/putin-rt-interview-full-577/ </ref>
It also saw the institution of a presidential "kill list" for persons – including US citizens – deemed Obama's enemies by a surreptitious process that likely violates US constitutional law<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 </ref> and most assuredly violates international law.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/07/obamas-new-executive-order-on-drones-means-the-u-s-may-still-violate-international-law/ </ref> Having disposed of international agreements, the [[Russia]]n government and others felt obliged to do the same.<ref>https://www.rt.com/news/putin-rt-interview-full-577/ </ref>
Def. Sec. [[Robert Gates]] told [[NPR]]:
{{Quotebox|I worked in the White House on the National Security Council staff and as deputy national security adviser for nearly nine years under four presidents. And I had certain ideas about how the national security staff and how the White House staff ought to comport themselves in discussions on national security and military issues. And let's just say that the way it worked in the Obama White House was not anything like I had seen before.<br>
I had worked for probably three of the most significant and toughest national security advisers in our history: [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] and [[Brent Scowcroft]]. And there were things that went on in the Obama White House that, under those three guys, I am confident would have been a firing offense.}}
==See also==
==See also==