At War Blog: Pentagon Says U.S. Citizens With Terrorism Ties Can Be Targeted in Strikes

Thursday, 23 February 2012

The Obama administration's top Pentagon lawyer on Wednesday said that American citizens who join Al Qaeda can be targeted for killing and that courts should have no role in reviewing executive branch decisions about whether someone has met such criteria.

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