It's hard not to feel sick reading this Justice Department report detailing when the US government thinks it's okay to kill US citizens.The report, obtained by NBC News, outlines the Obama administration's increased use of deadly drone strikes, including those aimed at American citizens.
It's not just theory on paper. Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were U.S. citizens who had never been charged with any crimes. They were both killed in Yemen when someone decided they were a threat.
The government says that sure, they're targeting individual people for assassination without trial, but they're really careful about it. Does that make anyone feel better about this?
When we're talking about killing American citizens, especially when a 16-year-old American boy was killed in one instance, is "really careful" good enough?
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