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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: 2) by LoRdTAW on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:18PM (1 child)
This isn't only about Trump, you said that, not me. Don't pout words in my mouth. It's real and happening. Open your eyes. Massive state sponsored misinformation and trolling. This is a global problem and happening in *every* country. And this applies not only to state actors but also businesses who can use the same tactics to bury harmful information. It's incredibly harmful because people cant make informed decisions when the information planes are flooded with convincing false information.
Read that article. It isn't about Russia or Trump. It's about a global problem that is designed to manipulate we the people. Take off your partisan colored glasses for a fucking moment and look around.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:47PM
Partisan colored glasses. You lose on that one.
Global problem? Mmmm-kay - but who are the globalists? Let us remember that Trump isn't a globalist. Most of the R's and most of the D's seem to be, but the Trump isn't. He may yet become one, but he is not yet.