Posted on 05/24/2013 6:55:00 PM PDT by haffast
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing it on Thursday and his government's acknowledgement a day earlier that four Americans have died in drone strikes.
Civil liberties advocates, news organizations and the families of those who died have brought lawsuits in New York, Washington and Oakland, California, challenging the government's refusal to provide information.
Now that the drone program's existence has at last been confirmed, government lawyers on Wednesday indicated they would abandon their previous arguments, which did not confirm or deny the drone program. In the case in Oakland, they said they would give a new response to the Freedom of Information Act request filed by the First Amendment Coalition within 30 days.
That suit asks the government to release the legal justification behind the 2011 targeted drone killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen and militant cleric in Yemen.
In a separate case in Washington, a federal judge acted immediately after news reports emerged on the U.S. acknowledgement of the four American deaths, and late Wednesday she ordered Justice Department lawyers to file a memorandum next month on the implications of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's letter on Wednesday about the drone program.
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The American Civil Liberties Union said on Thursday the details in Holder's letter will not be enough to get the organization to back down from lawsuits it has filed in New York and Washington federal courts.
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In a war between civilizations — being civilized will cause you to lose.
Looks like he was trying to get out in front of the next shoe when he was babbling Thursday
Wonder what he’s hiding?????
Does it tie into Ben?
Cia to def
Who do you trust?
Looks like he was trying to get out in front of the next shoe when he was babbling Thursday
Wonder what he’s hiding?????
Does it tie into Ben?
Cia to def
Who do you trust?
All this drone flak will hurt business. Dear Leader has got to do something.
U.S. industry touts ‘drone’ promise as public debate flares
By Andrea Shalal-Esa - WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 9:57pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/usa-drones-industry-idUSL2N0E32U020130523
U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes
By Mark Hosenball and David Ingram - WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 7:49pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/22/us-usa-justice-holder-idUSBRE94L16K20130522
Impeachment File on Benghazi Coward B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, a legal citizen of the sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
They’re trying to hide something re Obamidrones Trying to get out in front of it.
Was the asperin factory a preschool? Is another shoe bomb about to drop?
He’s a drone, himself....
He drones on and on and on, but never hits a target.
Boy is that ever true !
So many targets he can’t focus on just one. Maybe it’s related to the scar on his head
Just a thought: he moved the drone program from CIA to defense in defense he’s cic
What authority did he have to direct the drones when they were CIA ?
Did he somehow abuse his position of Authofity?
Wish there was more detail about the lawsuits!
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