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In early July 2010 the CCR (Center for Constitutional Rights) and the ACLU ( American Civil Liberties Union) were retained by Nasser al- Awlaki, the father of U.S citizen Anwar al-Awlaki to bring a lawsuit in connection with the governments decision to authorize the death of his son, who was placed who was placed on kill lists maintained by the CIA and the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) earlier this year. The lawsuit sought to remove Anwar from the targeted killing list. ACLU's Jameel Jaffer said: the United States is not at war in Yemen, and the government doesn't have a blank check to kill terrorism suspects wherever they are in the world. Among the arguments we'll be making is that, outside actual war zones, the authority to use lethal force is narrowly circumscribed, and preserving the rule of law depends on keeping this authority narrow. | |||
On August 30, 2010, the groups filed a "targeted killing" lawsuit, naming Barack Obama, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as defendants. They sought an injunction preventing the targeted killing of al-Awlaki, and also sought to require the government to disclose the standards under which U.S. citizens may be "targeted for death". | |||
Judge John D. Bates dismissed the lawsuit in an 83-page ruling, holding that the father did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit, and that his claims were judicially unreviewable under the political question doctrine inasmuch as he was questioning a decision that the U.S. Constitution committed to the political branches. | |||
The US government spent several months considering the legal implications of targeting the American born citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. President Obama said Mr Awlaki is a radical Muslim cleric and had taken ‘the lead role in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans’, there is strong evidence that Awlaki encouraged and directly participated in attacks against the United States. | The US government spent several months considering the legal implications of targeting the American born citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. President Obama said Mr Awlaki is a radical Muslim cleric and had taken ‘the lead role in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans’, there is strong evidence that Awlaki encouraged and directly participated in attacks against the United States. | ||