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Court Releases Memo On Killing Of al Qaeda-American -- CNN
(CNN) -- A formerly classified government memo authorizing the drone attack that killed American terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaki was released on Monday by a federal court.
The government for years fought disclosure of the 2010 document produced by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, saying it would harm national security.
The legal memo shows how the Obama administration laid out its case in an internal debate over the attack that killed the suspected al Qaeda operative in a 2011 CIA drone strike.
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More News On The Release Of The U.S. Legal Memo That Justified The Killing Of American Anwar al-Awlaki
Long-sought secret US memo on lethal drone strike released -- AP
U.S. Memo Outlines Rationale for Drone Strikes on Citizens -- WSJ
Memo outlines justification for drone strikes on citizens -- USA Today
Legal memo backing drone strike that killed American Anwar al-Awlaki is released -- Washington Post
Court releases memo justifying drone strikes on Americans -- FOX News
Memo Justifying Drone Killings Ordered Released by Court -- Bloomberg Businessweek
A Ray of Sunlight on Obama's Extrajudicial Killings -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
When Can the Federal Government Kill Its Citizens? -- Pema Levy, Newsweek
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