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Obama Administration Memo Outlines Justification for Assassination of U.S. Citizens

usmcpgw Wrote: Feb 05, 2013 2:09 PM
i hope you dont mind i used that eralier and still bigdog refuses to believe it what aboput those who protest militarty funerals? since all they are doing is FREE SPEECH< then according to bigdog that makes them combatants
Resist, We Much!!! Wrote: Feb 05, 2013 2:19 PM
He refuses to believe it because he doesn't agree with the law. Nevertheless, the law IS the law and he is just going to have to get over it.
A leaked memo from the Department of Justice lays out the explicit justifications that the Obama Administration believes authorizes the targeted assassination of American citizens on foreign soil.

NBC News obtained and reported on the memo last night, which explains that drone strikes that have been conducted in the past that have killed American citizens are legitimate and legal operations.

[A]n “informed, high-level” official of the U.S. government may determine that the targeted American has been “recently” involved in “activities” posing a threat of a violent attack and “there is no evidence suggesting that...
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