Barack Obama: “I directed this action consistent with my responsibility to protect U.S. citizens both at home and abroad.”

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.