April 21, 2014, New York – In response to the ruling today by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the government to release a Justice Department legal memo justifying the “targeted killing” of U.S. citizens, including three citizens killed by U.S. drone strikes in 2011, who are the subject of Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta, a damages lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:
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