Apparently...
...not only does the President have the right to sentence Americans to death with no due process or charges of any kind, but his decisions as to who will be killed and why he wants them dead are "state secrets," and thus no court may adjudicate their legality...
This one sentence from the Post article nicely summarizes the state of Obama's civil liberties record:The Obama administration has cited the state-secrets argument in at least three cases since taking office - in defense of Bush-era warrantless wiretapping, surveillance of an Islamic charity, and the torture and rendition of CIA prisoners.
And now, in this case, Obama uses this secrecy and immunity weapon not to shield Bush lawlessness from judicial review, but his own.
Obama is no more or less in charge of all this than the last figurehead of state.
Yesterday Avedon linked to some cheerful reading here. I don't know if this explains much of anything, but it's consistent with the pattern.
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