Goldsmith, quoted at the bottom, and various confederates of his, are disingenuous in seeming to call for oversight by Congress. What they are advocating is a permanent state of war, codified in Federal law, with the requisite authoritarian government which will be necessitated by that.

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-terror-war-20130517,0,1474090.story

 

Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere

Some in Congress sharply question how a law that sprang from the Sept. 11 attacks can be applied so broadly. Panel is also told war with Al Qaeda could last 20 more years.