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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

US appeals court orders release of legal memo on drone killings

MQ-9 ReaperA three-judge appeals court panel in New York City ordered the Obama administration to release the redacted text of the legal analysis prepared by the Justice Department purporting to demonstrate the president’s authority to order drone-missile assassination of US citizens.

The unanimous ruling, issued Monday by judges Jon O. Newman, Jose A. Cabranes and Rosemary S. Pooler, partially reversed a January 2013 decision by federal district court judge Colleen McMahon.

That decision had allowed the Justice Department to withhold the legal memorandum and dismissed the lawsuit, brought under the Freedom of Information Act by the New York Times and the American Civil Liberties Union.

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