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Secret Panel Determines U.S. “Kill List”

HeadlineOct 06, 2011

New details have been released on the Obama administration’s “kill list” of U.S. citizens authorized for killing or capture overseas. According to Reuters, a secretive panel of top government officials determines who can be slain or captured, and then informs the president of its decision. The panel is an offshoot of the White House’s National Security Council. The panel was behind the decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in a CIA drone attack in Yemen last week.

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