US says it may kill Americans abroad

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In a striking admission from the Obama Administration's top intelligence officer, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced Wednesday that the United States may target its own citizens abroad for death if it believes they are associated with terrorist groups.

Blair's comments came after The Washington Post reported that US President Barack Obama had embraced predecessor George W. Bush's policy of authorizing the killing of US citizens involved in terrorist activities overseas.

TVNL Comment: How is that for "change?" Of course there is no strict standard for meassuring an "association" with a terrorist grouup or what comprises a terrorist group.

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