Tue 20 Sep 2011
A Secret License to Kill
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Democracy , Globalization/EmpireNo Comments
David Cole The New York Review of Books
On Friday, a front-page New York Times story reported that a rift has emerged within the Obama Administration over whether it has authority to kill “rank-and-file” Islamist militants in foreign countries in which there is not an internationally recognized “armed conflict.” The implications of this debate are not trivial (more…)