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April 7, 2014

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Assassination of Americans Overseas 
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the U.S.
government's killing of three Americans in Yemen drone strikes. The
families of Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his teenage son, Abdulrahman,
and of Samir Khan had filed the suit accusing top U.S. officials of
unlawful killings. But on Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary
Collyer ruled the victims' constitutional rights were never violated,
and said the U.S. officials involved cannot be held liable. Despite that
ruling, Collyer also added: "The powers granted to the Executive and
Congress to wage war and provide for national security does not give
them carte blanche to deprive a U.S. citizen of his life without due
process and without any judicial review."

 

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