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Obama's Memo on Killing Americans Twists 'Imminent Threat' Like Bush
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The confidential document provides the most thorough account yet of why the president thinks extrajudicial drone strikes on citizens are okay.
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EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans
A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be "senior operational leaders" of al-Qaida or "an ...
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CIA rendition: more than a quarter of countries 'offered covert support'
The full extent of the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme has been laid bare with the publication of a report showing there is evidence that more than a quarter of the world's governments ...
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