US Releases Redacted Legal Justification Of Drone Strike That Killed US Citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki

After years of legal wrangling, the Obama administration released a memo Monday that provides the legal justification for the drone killing of an American citizen living outside the grasp of military or police authorities. A court ordered the administration to release the 2010 memo, written by a former Department of Justice attorney, over government claims that it would compromise national security.