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Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by gotem on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:40PM (#25618837)
Interesting. Wonder if this has ever happened already.
Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by quiescant_dodo on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:45PM (#25618864)
There's at least the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who was killed via drone strike authorized by President Obama. Here's a letter then-AG Eric Holder sent to Congress: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013...
Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by baybal2 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:11PM (#25619014)
Some extra details:

Not only Alwaki himself was killed, but his wife, son, daughter, brother in law, nephew, and few other certainly non-involved relatives over a period of many years.

Strikes, and raids made when US was hunting down his family member killed few dozens more people falsely believed to be his relatives.

Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by tick_tock_tick on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:45PM (#25618863)
Obama was very open about killing US citizens so of course it has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki is probably the most famous since two weeks after he had him droned we droned his son (also a US citizen).
Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by Miner49er on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:05PM (#25618972)
Re:DOJ Argues: US can kill own citizens without review when ... by Pfhreak on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:45PM (#25618862)
Extrajudicial killings of American citizens by the US? Yes, several times. It's been a fairly regular event in the middle east.