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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 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. | 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 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". | 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. | 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’ | 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’. | ||
In several Security Council Resolutions it is stated that the immediate aftermath of 9/11 affirmed the right of the USA to defend itself and emphasized that defensive force may be used when a State had failed to prevent or suppress terrorist activities originating from its territory. Under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) statute, American congress authorized the killings of any member of Al-Qaida, that the 'President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occured on September 11, 2001, or harboured such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.' The U.S government argued that the AUMF would apply to any use of lethal force against Al-Awlaki as he has taken an increasingly operational role in AQAP, an organization the U.S determined to be an 'organized armed group that is either part of al-Qaida, or is an asscociated force, or cobelligerent, of al-Qaida that has directed armed attacks against the United States in the noninternational armed conflict between the United States and al-Qaida.' | In several Security Council Resolutions it is stated that the immediate aftermath of 9/11 affirmed the right of the USA to defend itself and emphasized that defensive force may be used when a State had failed to prevent or suppress terrorist activities originating from its territory. Under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) statute, American congress authorized the killings of any member of Al-Qaida, that the 'President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occured on September 11, 2001, or harboured such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.' The U.S government argued that the AUMF would apply to any use of lethal force against Al-Awlaki as he has taken an increasingly operational role in AQAP, an organization the U.S determined to be an 'organized armed group that is either part of al-Qaida, or is an asscociated force, or cobelligerent, of al-Qaida that has directed armed attacks against the United States in the noninternational armed conflict between the United States and al-Qaida.' | ||