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"White House Defends Targeted Killing Program"

"White House Defends Targeted Killing Program": Today in The Wall Street Journal, Evan Perez has an article that begins, "The Obama administration sought Friday to block a lawsuit over the scope of its targeted killing program for suspected terrorists, in a case that challenges the government to define the limits of its global battlefield against extremists." The newspaper has posted the federal government's court filing online at this link.

In today's edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage reports that "State Secrets Cited in Effort by White House to Block Suit."

The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Obama invokes 'state secrets' claim to dismiss suit against targeting of U.S. citizen al-Aulaqi."

Pete Yost of The Associated Press has an article headlined "WH: lawsuit for cleric would reveal state secrets."

Reuters reports that "U.S. urges judge to toss lawsuit over target killings."

And CNN.com reports that "Obama administration seeks to dismiss al-Awlaki lawsuit."

Full post as published by How Appealing on September 25, 2010 (boomark / email).