Tag Archives: Drone Wars

License to Kill

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Business Insider: Here’s When It’s Legal To Kill An American Citizen With A Drone The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has released a secret Obama administration memorandum detailing the legal justification for a 2011 drone strike … Continue reading →

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Did Nazi Lawyers Tell Hitler It Was Legal To Kill Jews?

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

From the New York Birdcage Liner: David Barron and Martin Lederman had a problem. As lawyers in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, it had fallen to them to declare whether deliberately killing Mr. Awlaki, despite his citizenship, would … Continue reading →

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BREAKING NEWS: Guess Who Blinked First?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Washington Examiner: Victory: White House, Holder give Rand Paul the ‘no’ answer he wanted Attorney General Eric Holder wrote Sen. Rand Paul,R-Ky., to confirm that President Obama does not have the authority to kill an American on U.S. soil in … Continue reading →

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#StandWithRand – The Epic Filibuster

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

ICYMI: 12 Hours And 54 Minutes Later, The Junior Senator From Kentucky Yields The Floor Fin. For more than half of an almost magical day, Sen. Rand Paul treated American political junkies to something we haven’t seen much of lately: … Continue reading →

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Like Pulling Teeth

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Subtitled: “Scumbag Racist Senator Harasses Noble Black Attorney General” Ted Cruz Goads Eric Holder Into Admitting That Killing Americans With Drones On U.S. Soil Is Unconstitutional On Tuesday, the Department of Justice sent shockwaves through the nation when Attorney General … Continue reading →

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Progressives Without Principles

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

DOJ kill list memo forces many Dems out of the closet as overtly unprincipled hacks This past week has been a strangely clarifying political moment. It was caused by two related events: the leak of the Justice Department’s “white paper” … Continue reading →

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AYFKM?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

Mediate: MSNBC’s The Cycle erupted into a heated verbal battle over the ethicality of drone warfare on Tuesday. Co-hosts S.E. Cupp and Steve Kornacki expressed serious reservations over a memo leaked to NBC News by the Justice Department detailing the … Continue reading →

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The Banality Of Evil

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

White House Responds To Drones Memo: Strikes Are ‘Legal,’ ‘Ethical’ And ‘Wise’ It’s no surprise that among the first questions White House Press Secretary Jay Carney received at today’s press briefing was one that concerned a recently-leaked Justice Department memo … Continue reading →

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Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For Answers

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Myiq2xu - BA, JD, FJB

After new attacks, Obama faces questions on drones The first drone strikes approved by the Obama administration in the new year killed a major Taliban leader in Pakistan but also fueled growing concerns about Obama’s accelerated use of secret killings … Continue reading →

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