Obama’s ‘License To Kill’ Being Questioned By Congress [video]

Posted by clnews _Featured_, Politics, Videos Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

“Congress is finally standing up to President Barack Obama on targeted killing. Almost a year after three American citizens were killed in US drone strikes, legislators are pushing the administration to explain why it believes it’s legal to kill American terror suspects overseas. Congress is considering two measures that would compel the Obama administration to show members of Congress what Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) calls Obama’s “license to kill”: internal memos outlining the legal justification for killing Americans overseas without charge or trial…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more from Adam Serwer at Mother Jones: Congress Wants to See Obama’s “License to Kill”