Graham questions Eric Holder, Attorney General

always do and I know you do where and the purpose of the patriot act and the FISA court is to make sure that we're aware

of terrorist activity and disrupting plots against our interests abroad and at home is that true I

would agree with the purpose of the patriot act is not to allow the executive branch together political intelligence on the judicial

branch are the legislative branch do you agree with I would agree with so this is like killing innocent people in a cafe I

drone somebody who's done nothing wrong anywhere do you agree with that yes I would agree with that we're trying to capture and kill people who

we believe present a national security threat there and they right also true and one thing we're trying to do in

this patriot act is to find out about terrorist organizations in individual terrorist who they may be talking to again

I don't say what that is and as an overall hope America people appreciate where oracle's Asher's held how

the American MP people appreciate the way you protect the homeland is you try to find out what the enemies that I'm

what they're trying to do is find out what terrorist groups we know about it individuals and who the hell are called enough

man number pops up on some terrorists phone I am confident that the FISA court is

activity the probable cause standard so I may come out differently than my colleagues on this this

consequences taking these tools away from the American people through their governor would be catastrophic so

you keep us what you're doing and if you've gone outside the lane you fix President Bush started it president Obama's continued we

need it from my point of now under the law of war there are three branches a guard what branch of government is in charge of

actually implementing and executing the war executive so we don't have five hundred thirty five commanders in chief we have one right that's

true okay can you tell me any other time in any other war where our judiciary took over the decision of

who to target who the enemy was and whether not to use lethal force from the executive branch I'm

wool I will be astonished for America during this war the turnover from the commander

in chief the ability to use lethal force to botch unelected judges who have absolutely no expertise and

power to determine who the enemy is in a time of war and what kind of forced to use and give it to a bunch of judges that

would be the ultimate criminalization of the war I support you for having transparency and for making the hall hard

call but you have from my point of view been more than reasonable when it comes to the drone program and

will kill you are captured the best way to avoid that is not help al queda Anwar Awlaki was an American citizen in Yemen any

doubt in your mind he was helping out Kate nine and if you look at that letter that I sent we laid out exactly why he