US Forced to Release Memo on Extrajudicial Drone Killing of US Citizen

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/23-3

Court-ordered release of DOJ 'drone memo' reveals legal arguments for targeting of US citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi in Yemen
- Sarah Lazare, staff writer

The U.S. government on Monday partially released the formerly-classified Department of Justice "drone memo," dated 2010, in which Obama administration lawyers argue they have the right to extra-judicially kill U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi in Yemen.

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Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei, who was CCR’s lead counsel on two lawsuits with the ACLU challenging the killing of Al-Aulaqi, declared in a statement, "The DOJ memo confirms that the government’s drone killing program is built on gross distortions of law. This forced transparency comes years late, long after the memo was drafted and used to justify the premeditated killing of a U.S. citizen without trial and far from any battlefield."

She adds, "The United States loosening and redefining international rules governing the use of force and war is ultimately not going to make anyone any safer."


Poster comment: It's a short informative read over at Common Dreams with some interesting comments following.