[TheRealThing]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/...ere-it-is/

"However, Carney added that “if the United States were under attack, there were an imminent threat [emphasis added],” then the president would have the authority to order military action to repel said threat.

So, although Holder’s response to Sen. Paul’s is a flat “No,” it sounds like we still haven’t escaped “imminent threat vs. immediate threat” purgatory.

Still, regardless of the letter’s brevity and the fact that Sens. Lindsay Graham and John McCain characterized Sen. Paul’s question as “ridiculous,” the fact that his filibuster pushed the White House into issuing an official response means one thing: The freshman senator gets results."

Not only that. To my knowledge, this is first time he has reponded to pressure from anybody that I know of. The Speaker and the Minority leader have certainly gotten nothing but the presidential snooze button that I can recall.