Legal Showdown: 6 Experts Destroy Obama's Drone Policy

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Six legal experts, well respected within the foreign policy community, debunk President Obama's claims that drone warfare is legal, ethical and wise.


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What If A Drone Killed YOUR Grandson?

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House Passes Ban on Drone Strikes Against US Citizens

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An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 that will ban drone strikes against American citizens passed in the House on Friday.

However, the amendment does contain an exception for Americans "actively engaged in combat against the United States".

Below is the full amendment:

Obama Admits to Killing Four Americans with Drones

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Up until now the Obama Administration has been coy about their policy to kill Americans abroad using drones.

Today, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that this administration has killed four Americans with drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, and admitted one was killed deliberately.

According to the New York Times:

In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. 

The American responsibility for Mr. Awlaki’s death has been widely reported, but the administration had until now refused to confirm or deny it. 

The letter also said that the United States had killed three other Americans: Samir Khan, who was killed in the same strike; Mr. Awlaki’s son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who was also killed in Yemen; and Jude Mohammed, who was killed in a strike in Pakistan. 

The letter says "Since 2009, the United States, in the conduct of U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qa'ida and its associated forces outside of areas of active hostilities, has specifically targeted and killed one U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Aulaqi (Awlaki)."

Drone Assassinations are Egregious Abuse of Power by Obama

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American citizens were executed abroad in targeted drone strikes, and now, a leaked Justice Department memo outlines how the U.S. government could order drones strikes on them and others for no clear reason.
Source article: http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843014-exclusive-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-drone-strikes-on-american

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