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Senator Asks CIA Nominee When Drones Can Kill Americans
"The man in charge of Americas drone wars will face Senate questioning about perhaps their most controversial aspect: when the president can target American citizens for death.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter on Monday to John Brennan, the White Houses counterterrorism adviser and nominee to be head of the CIA, asking for an outline of the legal and practical rules that underpin the U.S. governments targeted killing of American citizens suspected of working with al-Qaida. The Obama administration has repeatedly resisted disclosing any such information about its so-called disposition matrix targeting terrorists, especially where it concerns possible American targets. Brennan reportedly oversees that matrix from his White House perch, and would be responsible for its execution at CIA director.
How much evidence does the President need to determine that a particular American cacn be lawfully killed? Wyden, a member of the Senate intelligence committee, asks in the letter, acquired by Danger Room. Does the President have to provide individual Americans with the opportunity to surrender before killing them?
Senator Asks CIA Nominee When Drones Can Kill Americans
"The man in charge of Americas drone wars will face Senate questioning about perhaps their most controversial aspect: when the president can target American citizens for death.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter on Monday to John Brennan, the White Houses counterterrorism adviser and nominee to be head of the CIA, asking for an outline of the legal and practical rules that underpin the U.S. governments targeted killing of American citizens suspected of working with al-Qaida. The Obama administration has repeatedly resisted disclosing any such information about its so-called disposition matrix targeting terrorists, especially where it concerns possible American targets. Brennan reportedly oversees that matrix from his White House perch, and would be responsible for its execution at CIA director.
How much evidence does the President need to determine that a particular American cacn be lawfully killed? Wyden, a member of the Senate intelligence committee, asks in the letter, acquired by Danger Room. Does the President have to provide individual Americans with the opportunity to surrender before killing them?