you can see how it's easy to manipulate. >> ifill: matthew waxman, are these standards you see laid out in this white paper open to manipulation? >> well, i had a different reaction than ms. shamsi did this document. as i read it, i see it as a careful and narrow. i still have some questions about it. it's a summary document and there are parts of it the leave some gaps in my mind as to how the reasoning unfolded but i think this is a serious effort toar tick lates limits to the president's pow to engage in targeted killing and a reasonable effort to translate constitutional and international law to deal with this new kind of war. >> ifill: let me ask you this, professor waxman. if this only applies to americans on foreign soil why wouldn't this reasoning apply the americans on u.s. soil at home? >> well, what one of the things that the lawyers -- the drafters of this memo do is try to explain that this is an analysis of a limited set of facts. a set of facts that were probably provided by senior officials to deal with situations that confront them flp the real world. and i think one of

you can see how it's easy to manipulate. >> ifill: matthew waxman are these standards you see laid out in this white paper open to manipulation? >> well, i had a different reaction than ms. shamsi did this document. as i read it i see it as a careful and narrow. i still have some questions about it. it's a summary document and there are parts of it the leave some gaps in my mind as to how the reasoning unfolded but i think this is a serious effort toar tick lates limits to the president's pow to engage in targeted killing and a reasonable effort to translate constitutional and international law to deal with this new kind of war. >> ifill: let me ask you this professor waxman. if this only applies to americans on foreign soil why wouldn't this reasoning apply the americans on u.s. soil at home? >> well what one of the things that the lawyers -- the drafters of this memo do is try to explain that this is an analysis of a limited set of facts. a set of facts that were probably provided by senior officials to deal with situations that confront them flp the real world. and i think one of th