A policy speech given by Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday asserted the Executive Branch's supposed legal authority to kill US citizens abroad without charge or trial if they are deemed to pose an "imminent threat" and be "senior operators" of al-Qaeda or a group loosely affiliated to al-Qaeda. The speech has sparked a backlash, especially since it argued that US citizens have a right under the Constitution to due process but not judicial process.
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Attorney General Eric Holder will deliver a speech on Monday afternoon that will lay out the legal framework for the Obama administration's use of targeted killing without referencing individuals or cases, a source familiar with the... Read Post
Normally, we would not let more than 48 hours pass between a major speech by the Attorney General of the United States defending targeted killings of U.S. citizens and our first discussion of this event. The speech Eric Holder gave ... Read Post
On Monday, US Attorney General Eric Holder gave a speech at Northwestern University outlining the supposed 'legality' of the Obama administration's secret program to target US citizens for execution without notifying them of the acc... Read Post