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When a U.S. citizen heard he was on his own country’s drone target list, he wasn’t sure he believed it. After five near-misses, he does – and is suing the United States to contest his own execution
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With Reprieve’s help, Kareem did what the system asks a law-abiding American citizen with a grievance to do. He sued, filing a complaint in district court in Washington, D.C., on March 30th, 2017, asking the U.S. government to take him off the Kill List, at least until he had a chance to challenge the evidence against him.The case, still unresolved more than a year later, has awesome implications not just for Kareem but for all Americans – all people everywhere, for that matter.
It’s not a stretch to say that it’s one of the most important lawsuits to ever cross the desk of a federal judge. The core of the Bill of Rights is in play, and a wrong result could formalize a slide into authoritarianism that began long ago, but accelerated after 9/11.
He needs to take the matter to Information Retrieval, but heaven help him if he doesn't get his receipt stamped first.
[Ed note: It's a long read, but provides extensive background on the US government's kill list development, implementation, and complications in trying to do anything about it.]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 21 2018, @07:20AM (1 child)
What shame? Are you under the impression that Trump is "my guy", "my candidate", or some other such silly shit? If you've read much of my writing, you know that I despise Trump - but I despise Hillary far more. And, I enjoy pointing out your own fucking hypocrisy. The D side can't get over having lost the election, is the reason behind all the witch hunts in the Trump administration.
Your side was in bed with the Russians, so long as it was putting money into the Clinton and Democrat coffers. Now, it's nothing but evil Russians, and collusion between the two most powerful people in the world.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:29PM
Oh i know your feelings about trump, and obviously you dont know me cause i didnt vote for either of the turds.
However, your hatred as you SAID aligns you with Trump against the whiny democrats of which i am not one. You can condemn both, but you continually push for Trump while saying you arent. There is no proof and the actual investigation is yielding damning results, but all you can focus on are libruhl tears. It is sad you have such hupocrisy yet are blind to it.