Friday, May 24, 2013

Holder Letter on Counterterror Strikes Against U.S. Citizens

 http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/703181/ag-letter-5-22-13.pdf

 

The day before President Obama’s planned speech on drone policy, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. wrote a letter to members of Congress acknowledging the deaths of four Americans, including Anwar al-Awlaki, in counterterrorism strikes “outside of areas of active hostilities.” Though these strikes had long been the subject of press reports about the administration’s use of drones, the letter marks the first time the classified operations have been publicly acknowledged. Related Article »
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Contributed by: Charles Savage, The New York Times

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