Up front about Assassination

I remember the good old days when we blamed our assassinations on mundane events that nobody believed, like boat explosions and tetanus. What is this country coming to with this "transparent government" thing?

U.S. Approves Targeted Killing of American Cleric

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.


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