How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America’s Cross Hairs (Published 2013)
WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen, and were soon hovering over a group of trucks clustered in a desert patch of Jawf Province, a region of the impoverished country once renowned for breeding Arabian horses. A group of men
Killing Our Citizens Without Trial | David Cole
When can the president order the execution without trial of an American citizen? The New York Times recently reported that in June 2010, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel produced a secret fifty-page legal memo that sought to answer that question, and authorized President Obama to order the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen living in Yemen and a leader of al-Qaeda in the Arab
Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen (Published 2011)
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive, according to people who have read the document. The memo, written last year, followed months of extensive interagency deliberations and offers a
Killing Citizens in Secret | David Cole
Sunday’s *New York Times* reported that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has produced a fifty-page legal memo that purportedly authorized President Obama to order the killing of a US citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, without a trial. Last month, the US carried out that order with a drone strike in Yemen that killed al-Awlaki and another US citizen traveling with him. The strike was front-p
Nice Try, Dick - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
The incompetent, panic-stricken war-criminal won't give up trying to whitewash his crimes and military disasters by citing Obama. But this weekend was a new low. He cited the al-Awlaki killing as a sign that the Obama administration is no different when it comes to the war on terror than the Bush administration, and demanded an apology. Yes, an apology! He wants to elide surgical, intelligence-bas
“殺害 山本長官機撃墜と同じ” NHKニュース
“殺害 山本長官機撃墜と同じ” 5月5日 11時10分 ビンラディン容疑者の殺害について、アメリカのホルダー司法長官は、旧日本軍による真珠湾攻撃を指揮した山本五十六連合艦隊司令長官の軍用機を撃墜した作戦と同じだとして、その正当性を強調しました。 アメリカ国内では、パキスタンに潜伏していたビンラディン容疑者が武器を所持していなかったにもかかわらず、アメリカ軍の特殊部隊に殺害されたことについて、その正当性を問う声が出ています。これについて、ホルダー司法長官は、４日、議会上院の司法委員会で証言し、国際テロ組織アルカイダのリーダーであるビンラディン容疑者の殺害は、アメリカを自衛するための行為だとしたうえで、「敵の司令官を標的にすることは合法だ。第２次世界大戦中に行った山本五十六の殺害もそうだ」と述べました。ホルダー長官は、このように、真珠湾攻撃を指揮した山本五十六連合艦隊司令長官が乗った軍用機をア
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