2024-05-03T16:21:23Z https://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Ron-Wyden&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2014-06-24:2567841:Video:32580 2014-06-24T18:52:15.921Z Tony Nuspl https://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl

<a href="https://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/video/can-the-president-strike-an-american-anywhere-in-the-world-drone"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2511175966?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>During a three month span in 2011, U.S. drones killed four American citizens overseas. For the past two-and-a-half years, the Obama administration has refused to release its legal rationale for killing American citizens overseas. That changed on Monday when a federal court released a heavily redacted 41-page memo. It concludes the 2001…

<a href="https://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/video/can-the-president-strike-an-american-anywhere-in-the-world-drone"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2511175966?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />During a three month span in 2011, U.S. drones killed four American citizens overseas. For the past two-and-a-half years, the Obama administration has refused to release its legal rationale for killing American citizens overseas. That changed on Monday when a federal court released a heavily redacted 41-page memo. It concludes the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force gave the U.S. government the authority to target Anwar al-Awlaki, who the Obama administration claims had joined al-Qaeda. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Ron Wyden praised the release of the memo but said it raises many questions. Wyden asked, "How much evidence does the president need to determine that a particular American is a legitimate target for military action? Can the president strike an American anywhere in the world?" Questions also remain over when the United States can kill non-U.S. citizens. We speak to Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project.<br /> <br /> This video is an excerpt of the segment; full transcript available: <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/24/can_the_president_strike_an_american">http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/24/can_the_president_strike_an_american</a>