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President may order killing of American terrorists, Holder says Los Angeles Times Eric H. Holder Jr. greets second-year law students at Northwestern University in Chicago before speaking about the Obama administration's counter-terrorism policies. (Tannen Maury, European Pressphoto Agency / March 5, 2012) By Richard A. Serrano and ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Killing US Terrorism Suspects Overseas Defended by Holder BusinessWeek By Seth Stern on March 05, 2012 The US can lawfully kill terrorism suspects abroad, including American citizens who pose an immediate threat and can't feasibly be captured, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Holder's comments, in a speech being ... See all stories on this topic »

Holder: Constitution doesn't cover terrorists USA TODAY By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY In his most forceful defense yet of the Obama administration's use of lethal force against US citizens linked to terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the Constitution does not protect US suspects plotting ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Holder: US can kill American terrorists abroad Washington Times By Shaun Waterman Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Monday that the decision to kill a US citizen living abroad who poses a terrorist threat "is among the gravest that government leaders can face," but justified the action as legal and sometimes ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Holder justifies the killing of US terrorism suspects Pittsburgh Post Gazette "Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack," Mr. Holder said in a speech at Northwestern University's ... See all stories on this topic »

Report Links Ex-Detainees to Terrorism and Insurgency New York Times (blog) By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON – National security officials on Monday reported that the number of "confirmed" cases in which former detainees previously held at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, engaged in terrorist or insurgent activity after their ... See all stories on this topic »

Top official defends killings of US-born terrorists FRANCE 24 US Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) defended Monday the use of "lethal force" against American citizens posing terrorist threats, for the first time justifying the legality of targeting an American-born al-Qaeda operative in Yemen last year. See all stories on this topic » FRANCE 24

Killing American terrorists isn't assassination, Holder says WFMZ Allentown Holder also used the speech to defend the use of civilian courts to try terrorists, noting numerous successful prosecutions. "The calls that I've heard to ban the use of civilian courts in prosecutions of terrorism-related activity are so baffling, ... See all stories on this topic »

China: Immolations Are Terrorism In Disguise Sky News The Chinese authorities have described the self-immolations as "terrorism in disguise" and say they are "obviously incited and masterminded by someone behind the scenes" - a thinly-veiled reference to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama ... See all stories on this topic » Sky News

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Holder Outlines Policy on Killing Terrorism Suspects - NYTimes.com By By CHARLIE SAVAGE Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. gave a speech describing the Obama administration's view that it is lawful to kill American citizens accused of joining Al Qaeda, at least under certain circumstances. The Caucus

Iran | Israel | Terrorism | Mossad | Nuclear Program | The Daily Caller By Michael Bastasch Israel funded and trained Iranian terrorist group, U.S. officials say. The Daily Caller

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FBI: Cyberattacks could shove aside terrorism as No. 1 threat to US The leaders of the Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week separately expressed concern over the increasing numbers of ... www.networkworld.com/.../030212-fbi-cyberattacks-256890...

FBI Director: Hacking Will Replace Terrorism As The Nation's Top ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The director of the FBI told an annual gathering of cyber-security professionals on Thursday that the agency needs the private sector ... articles.businessinsider.com/.../31115625_1_cyber-threats-rsa-...

Holder Addresses Killing Of American Terrorism Suspects : NPR Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in Chicago on Monday on the legal rationales for targeting and killing Americans suspected of terrorism overseas. www.npr.org/.../holder-addresses-killing-of-american-terroris...

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