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May 21, 2014

Obama Admin to Release Secret Memo Justifying Drone Strikes on U.S. Citizens 
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The Obama administration says it will release the secret government memo
that authorizes the killings of Americans overseas. A federal appeals
court ordered the memo's disclosure last month following a lawsuit by
the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times seeking the
legal basis of U.S. drone strikes. The lawsuit came after the U.S.
killed the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son
Abdulrahman, and Samir Khan in Yemen, despite having never charged any
of them with a crime. The White House decided not to appeal the ruling
after several senators vowed to hold up a judicial nomination of the
memo's author, David Barron. But the memo's release will be delayed as
the administration redacts extensive portions it says contain classified
information.

 

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