We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him, but we didn’t need a court order to kill him. Isn’t that something?
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Michael V. Haydenis, ex-CIA Director, on the drone strike killing of “Anwar Awlaki, a New Mexico-born member of Al Qaeda who was killed by a U.S. drone in Yemen last September.”
Since taking office, the Obama administration has killed over 1,300 people with drone strikes—including US citizens.
via LA Times
(Source: warrenellis.com)
