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February 5, 2010

Intelligence Chief Confirms US Can Assassinate Americans Abroad
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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has confirmed US forces
are authorized to kill US citizens abroad. Speaking before the House
Intelligence Committee, Blair acknowledged President Obama is continuing
a Bush-era policy authorizing the killing of US citizens if they’re
considered a terrorist threat to the United States. In response,
Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald wrote the assassination policy gives
President Obama “the power to impose death sentences on his own citizens
without any charges or trial.”



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