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Is the CIA Assassination Order of a US Citizen Legal?

April 26, 2017Assassination CIA Citizen Legal

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Is the CIA Assassination Order of a US Citizen Legal?

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US officials have confirmed a Yemen-based Muslim cleric has become the first US citizen added to a CIA list of targets for capture or killing. Anwar al-Awlaki is a US-born cleric accused of having ties to the failed Christmas Day airline bombing and the shooting at Fort Hood. Many legal experts have questioned the legality of the assassination order under US and international law. We speak with Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions.