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Mac300 Wrote: Feb 08, 2013 8:37 AM

It really doesn't matter who authored the paper. What matters is that the President of the United States had someone killed and, according to the paper is answerable to no one. Congress should be investigating the President to see if he was justified. Where are the checks and balances? Who represents the accused before the President? Mac Smith

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Drone Double Standard

An unsigned and undated Justice Department white paper, obtained by NBC News, reports The New York Times, "...is the most detailed analysis yet to come into public view regarding the Obama legal team's views about the lawfulness of killing, without a trial, an American citizen who executive branch officials decide is an operational leader of Al Qaeda or one of its allies."

The proviso is they must pose "an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States." If "an informed, high-level official" of the government decides they are a threat, the paper says, and if capture is not feasible, they...

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