Obama’s Drone Attack on Your Due Process
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Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest problem with the recentlydisclosed Obama administration white paper defending the dronekilling of radical clerk Anwar al-Awlaki isn’t its secrecy orits creative redefinition of the words “imminent threat.” Itis the revolutionary and shocking transformation of the meaningof due process.
Fortunately, as seen during John Brennan’s confirmationhearing for Central Intelligence Agency director, Congress isstarting to notice.