White House defends drone strikes against US citizens abroad

2013-02-06 105

A leaked Justice Department memo outlines the legality of US drone strikes to kill American citizens abroad.

The document, dated 2011 and acquired by American broadcasting network NBC, justifies killing US citizens who are high-ranking members of al Qaeda.

Defending the practice, White House press secretary Jay Carney said:

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