12.07.2010

Judge tosses bid to block assassination of cleric

Among the "stark and perplexing questions" Bates said the case raises is why courts have authority to approve surveillance of Americans overseas but not their killing. And he questioned whether the president or his advisers can order the assassination of a U.S. citizen without "any form of judicial process whatsoever, based on the mere assertion that he is a dangerous member of a terrorist organization."



Story at link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101207/ap_on_go_ot/us_cleric_lawsuit

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