ACLU: The Government’s Pseudo-Secrecy Snow Job on Targeted Killing

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-06-26

<div class='node-body'><p>Just before a midnight deadline on Wednesday, the government filed its <a href="http://www.aclu.org/node/35349">legal brief</a> responding to the ACLU&rsquo;s Freedom of Information Act <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/aclu-sues-us-information-targeted-killing-program">lawsuit</a> seeking information about the legal and factual basis for the deaths of three U.S. citizens in targeted killing drone strikes last fall.&nbsp;</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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