Tag: Holder
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FAA to Allow Unmanned Drones (to kill you)
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first concrete step toward allowing drones to fly alongside passenger airplanes in the United States. As required by a law signed by President Obama in February, the FAA is moving forward with a plan to integrate unmanned aircraft into the national airspace by 2015. … Proponents of the…
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So Now What That the G-8’s Gone?
Yesterday’s news: The White House abruptly announced Monday that it had scuttled plans to hold the upcoming G-8 economic summit in Chicago, and would instead host world leaders at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland. … A spokeswoman for Emanuel said the Chicago mayor was informed about the location change in a Monday…
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Holder: Your Government Can Kill You
He said the legal right to kill U.S. citizens overseas without benefit of a trial was based in Congress’ authorization to use all necessary and appropriate force against the perpetrators of 9/11 or those who helped them and the president’s power “to protect the nation from any imminent threat of violent attack.” That authority is…
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Obama Offers Legal Backing for Targeted Killings
The Obama administration on Monday plans to outline how U.S. laws empower the government to kill Americans overseas who engage in terrorism against their home country, a source familiar with the matter said, months after a drone strike killed a U.S.-born cleric who plotted attacks from Yemen. … U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to…