posted by CharlesB in Politics
Drone strikes: Who's on the 'kill list'
February 17, 2013
Do all the Obama supporters at the Athens Banner support Obama's "kill lists"?
Drone strikes: Who's on the 'kill list'
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0217-campbell-drone...
"Who decides who will be killed by U.S. drone attacks? Protectors of civil liberties have expressed dissatisfaction with the present system of unreviewed presidential discretion, whether in the hands of George W. Bush or Barack Obama. Must an individual have attacked America or Americans to make the "kill list"? "--By Tom Campbell
February 17, 2013
Drones, Kill Lists and Machiavelli
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/opinion/drones-kill-lists-and-machiave...
It's so sad that some of y'all call me names because I do not support secret "kill lists" of Americans. So sad that some of y'all think that Americans can be killed just because their name is on a list, without even a trial.
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