Holder: Not 'Assassination' To Target Americans In Terror Hunt -- CNN
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday defended the targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad who are suspected of plotting to kill Americans, rejecting critics' arguments that those strikes amount to assassinations.
While not referring directly to the government's drone attack on U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen last year, Holder was unflinching in providing publicly for the first time the Justice Department's legal justification for using lethal force, saying attacks like the strike that killed al-Awlaki fell within "our laws and values."
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Holder gives legal defense for al-Awlaki killing -- Mercury News/AP
U.S. Law May Allow Killings, Holder Says -- New York Times
Holder: U.S. can lawfully target American citizens -- Washington Post
U.S. defends killing Americans who join al Qaeda -- Reuters
Eric Holder: U.S. can target citizens overseas in terror fight -- L.A. Times
Attorney General: Government can legally assassinate US citizens abroad plotting terrorist attacks against America -- Daily Mail
Holder gives legal defense for al-Awlaki killing -- FOX News/AP
Holder: When War on Terror Targets Americans -- ABC News
Here’s Why the Government Thinks It Can Kill You Overseas -- Spencer Ackerman, The Danger Room
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