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Times editors left what readers most need to know unaddressed. America's war is lawless. So are drone killings.
Discussion focused solely on which government agency should run operations. Times editors favor shifting them to Pentagon responsibility. They said nothing about ending them altogether. Omission implies legitimacy.
On March 9, The Times headlined "How a US Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs."
It discussed Anwar al-Awlaki. America killed him in cold blood. Several times earlier attempts to do so failed. He violated no law. He committed no crimes. He was uncharged. He was denied due process and judicial fairness.
With no justification whatever, he was designated a "global terrorist." Murder, Inc. is official US policy. Summary judgment means all rights denied.
Obama's secret kill list designates victims for death. He appointed himself judge, jury and executioner. Diktats decide who lives or dies. Anyone called Al Qaeda or accused of terrorist connections gets marked for death.
The Times said:
"By the time the missile found him, (al-Awlaki) had been under the scrutiny of American officials for more than a decade."
According to TimesThink, his language and beliefs were "anti-American." He was dangerous. He represented an "imminent" threat.
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