The First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice demanding that the DOJ and the Obama Administration release a memo detailing the legal justification for the use of "Lethal Targeting" against Al Qaeda cleric and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, who was targeted and killed in a unilaterally authorized drone strike, along with United States citizen Samir Khan, editor of al-Qaeda's English-language magazine Inspire. The lawsuit was filed after repeated attempts to obtain a redacted copy of the memo via the Freedom of Information Act were denied.
With fear and public outcry growing over the passage of the 2012 NDAA (and the Obama Administration pinky-promising that they won't abuse the powers it grants), one has to wonder how far of a stretch it would be to see U.S. citizens indefinitely detained by the president, when it has already become an acceptable practice to have them assassinated without a trial (as long as it would be SUPER hard to go get them alive).
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