Killing U.S. Terrorism Suspects Overseas Defended by Holder
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The U.S. can lawfully kill terrorism suspects abroad, including American citizens who pose an immediate threat and can’t feasibly be captured, Attorney General Eric Holder said.
Holder’s comments, in a speech today in Chicago, marked the Obama administration’s highest profile defense of targeting terror suspects since an American drone strike in Yemen last September killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born al-Qaeda recruiter and propagandist.