A leaked confidential Justice Department memo sets forth the policy that the US can target and kill American citizens abroad who are senior al Qaeda leaders continually plotting violent attacks against the US or its citizens. The policy specifies that lethal force may be used only if the capture of the suspect is not feasible; and any such operation must comply with basic law-of-war principles. The Senate Intelligence Committee is seeking the release of additional legal analyses on the drone strikes.
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