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Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress
SonicSpike (242293) writes with news that the ACLU and Rand Paul both think every Senator should read David Barron's legal memos justifying the use of drones against an American citizen before he is confirmed to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. From the article: "Paul, the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, has informed Reid he will object to David Barron's nomination to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals unless the Justice Department makes public the memos he authored justifying the killing of an American citizen in Yemen. The American Civil Liberties Union supports Paul's objection, giving some Democratic lawmakers extra incentive to support a delay to Barron's nomination, which could come to the floor in the next two weeks. Barron, formerly a lawyer in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, penned at least one secret legal memo approving the Sept. 2011 drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric whom intelligence officials accused of planning terrorist attacks against the United States."
It's so nice to see a Republican actually care about someone who does not reside in a uterus, provided they have a valid US passport.
International Law, the thing that only applies to you if you are not American.
That only holds water as long as US is top dog. You'll all be tripping over eachother to hunt down Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld when their extradition to Hague is the condition for food aid 15 years down the line.