Anwar al Awlaki's rise from American-born cleric to key terror plotter had put him atop the U.S. terror "hit list." Under the code name Objective Troy, intelligence tracked Awlaki for months near his hideout in Yemen.
Early Friday, a CIA drone found its target.
The Washington Post reports that a secret Justice Department memo sanctioned the killing of Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who became an al Qaeda propagandist and operational leader.
The document followed a review by senior administration lawyers of the legal issues raised by the lethal targeting of a U.S. citizen. Administration officials told the Post that there was no dissent about the legality of the killing.
The administration has faced criticism - and a legal challenge - over its targeting of Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents. The memorandum may represent an attempt to resolve a legal debate over whether a U.S. president can order the killing of American citizens.
With regard to the killing as a counter-terrorism measure, the memo deems, in the words of one officials, "due process in war."
Another "dead without trial"....how long before this policy is directed at the public in general??
also bodyless as was Osama's "death".....always very convenient.
Is this also Washington cleaning house and putting Al' C-I-A-DA on the back burner.....ready for the next bogeyman...Pakistan's Haqqani network?.
also bodyless as was Osama's "death".....always very convenient.
Is this also Washington cleaning house and putting Al' C-I-A-DA on the back burner.....ready for the next bogeyman...Pakistan's Haqqani network?.
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