(Many of your questions can be answered if you have time to read this....and 
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from the "hold out," where we were.) ALSO...many others who don't see the revelations in this Memo as upsetting to what we were taught about our Democracy and the "Rule of Law" might find this interview with ACLU Head...very informative. I did..
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Kill List Exposed: Leaked Obama Memo Shows Assassination of U.S. Citizens "Has No Geographic Limit"
The Obama administration’s internal legal justification for assassinating U.S. citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time. In a secret Justice Department memo, the administration claims it has legal authority to assassinate U.S. citizens overseas even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the United States. We’re joined by Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "If you look at the memo ... there’s no geographic line," says Jaffer. "The Obama administration is making, in some ways, a greater claim of authority [than President Bush]. They’re arguing that the authority to kill American citizens has no geographic limit." [includes rush transcript]
TRANSCRIPT from ACLU's Jmeel Jaffer speaking with Amy Goodman, HERE:
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/5/kill_list_exposed_leaked_obama_memo
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