Attorney General Eric Holder wrote Sen. Rand Paul,R-Ky., to confirm that President Obama does not have the authority to kill an American on U.S. soil in a non-combat situation, Obama’s spokesman announced today.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney quoted from the letter that Holder sent to Paul today. “Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on an American soil?” Holder wrote, per Carney. “The answer is no.”

White House, Holder respond to Rand Paul: ‘The answer is no’ | WashingtonExaminer.com

Note that Holder did not rule out other methods of murdering Americans.

I don’t trust anything Obama or Holder say, but having this on the record makes it possible to slow them down a little.