Greenwald on claimed "war exception" to the Constitution

By at 8:47 am Thursday, Feb 4

Glenn Greenwald in Salon has an update on news that "the Obama administration has adopted the Bush policy of targeting selected American citizens for assassination if they are deemed (by the Executive Branch) to be Terrorists." Greenwald argues this policy "basically gives the President the power to impose death sentences on his own citizens without any charges or trial."

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