Reply #65: The lists are secret - none of American's business who's name is on it.

[sad sally]

The same advocates who challenged Awlaki's lethal targeting then are now seeking through the Freedom of Information Act the specific documents and in-house legal opinions the Obama administration used to justify the alleged hit lists.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/09/30/125807/was-obamas-order-to-kill-al-qaida.html#ixzz1Zr02Fpgw?du

But, good news for those who seem so willing to support the terminator war methods. The drone strike was launched from one of the President's new secret bases. (remember The Terminator series? did anybody root for the machines? these killer robot drones have propelled the US into a moral and ethical war issue that won't have a good ending.)


Friday’s lethal strike on Anwar al-Aulaqi was carried out by a CIA drone operating from a new agency base on the Arabian peninsula, U.S. officials said. It marks the first time that the CIA has launched a drone strike in Yemen since 2002, and the first indication that the new base is operational.

The Obama administration has dramatically expanded the U.S. drone campaign against al-Qaeda over the past two years but, until recently, the CIA did not have easy access to targets in Yemen. The nation is home to an increasingly important affiliate, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, often called AQAP.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/aulaqi-first-hit-for-new-drone-base/2011/09/30/gIQASF4eAL_blog.html?du

The Post has withheld details on the specific location of the new drone base at the request of the Obama administration, but the base was intended to improve the ability to hit targets in Yemen, including Aulaqi, U.S. officials have said.