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   From: impeach-this-lying-punk@barackobama.com   
      
   NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday released a   
   previously secret memo that provided legal justification for   
   using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas.   
      
   The memo concluded that the killing of an al-Qaida leader who   
   had been born in the United States had legal justification. It   
   said the authority to use lethal force abroad may apply in   
   appropriate circumstances to a U.S. citizen who is part of the   
   forces of an enemy organization. It said the killing was   
   justified as long as it was carried out in accord with   
   applicable laws of war.   
      
   The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan released the   
   memo, portions of which are blacked out, after the American   
   Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times filed a Freedom of   
   Information Act lawsuit.   
      
   Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU lawyer who argued the case before the 2nd   
   Circuit, said the memo's release "represents an overdue but   
   nonetheless crucial step towards transparency. There are few   
   questions more important than the question of when the   
   government has the authority to kill its own citizens."   
      
   The memo pertained specifically to the September 2011 drone-   
   strike killing in Yemen of Anwar Al-Awlaki, an al-Qaida leader   
   who had been born in the United States.   
      
   Some legal scholars and human rights activists complained that   
   it was illegal for the U.S. to kill American citizens away from   
   the battlefield without a trial.   
      
   Lawyers for the Times and ACLU had said that the government's   
   continued delays regarding the document were cheating the public   
   of a fully informed and fair debate over the highly classified   
   "targeted-killing" program.   
      
   http://www.chron.com/news/article/Drone-killing-memo-released-   
   after-NY-court-fight-5572662.php?cmpid=rrpolitics   
      
       
      
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