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US Senators Propose Assassination Court to Screen Drone Targets
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Fri, 2013-02-15 01:00
"It sounds like an Orwellian idea from a futuristic sci-fi movie. Government officials gather in a secret courtroom, poring over documents and weighing whether to approve the fly-by killing of a suspected terrorist.
If the judges say yes, the target dies. If not, the target lives. "
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