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==Illegal Assassinations==
 
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After the killing of [[Anwar al-Awlaki]], the existance of a secret National Security Council panel became known. This panel meets to agree the killing of anyone who has been termed a suspected [[terrorist]].<ref name=reu1005>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 | work=Reuters | title=Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list' | date=5 October 2011}}</ref> No evidence need be presented and no public record of this decision or its execution need exist,<ref name=reu1005 /> no laws govern criteria for killing such suspects, nor mandate the existence of the panel which appear to be operating outside of US law.<ref name=reu1005 />
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After the killing of [[Anwar al-Awlaki]], the existence of a secret National Security Council panel became known. This panel meets to agree the killing of anyone who has been termed a suspected [[terrorist]].<ref name=reu1005>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 | work=Reuters | title=Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list' | date=5 October 2011}}</ref> No evidence need be presented and no public record of this decision or its execution need exist,<ref name=reu1005 /> no laws govern criteria for killing such suspects, nor mandate the existence of the panel which appear to be operating outside of US law.<ref name=reu1005 />
  
 
National Security Advisor [[Susan Rice]], who has helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the [[Disposition Matrix]] database, has described the [[Obama Administration]] targeted killing policy by stating that "in order to ensure that our counterterrorism operations involving the use of lethal force are legal, ethical, and wise, President Obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and processes."<ref>[http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-efficacy-and-ethics-us-counterterrorism-strategy [[John O. Brennan]]'s April 2012 Wilson Center Speech: The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy (Transcript and Video).]</ref>
 
National Security Advisor [[Susan Rice]], who has helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the [[Disposition Matrix]] database, has described the [[Obama Administration]] targeted killing policy by stating that "in order to ensure that our counterterrorism operations involving the use of lethal force are legal, ethical, and wise, President Obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and processes."<ref>[http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-efficacy-and-ethics-us-counterterrorism-strategy [[John O. Brennan]]'s April 2012 Wilson Center Speech: The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy (Transcript and Video).]</ref>

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Formation1947
Founder ofOffice of Policy Coordination

The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947.

Illegal Assassinations

After the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the existence of a secret National Security Council panel became known. This panel meets to agree the killing of anyone who has been termed a suspected terrorist.[1] No evidence need be presented and no public record of this decision or its execution need exist,[1] no laws govern criteria for killing such suspects, nor mandate the existence of the panel which appear to be operating outside of US law.[1]

National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who has helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the Disposition Matrix database, has described the Obama Administration targeted killing policy by stating that "in order to ensure that our counterterrorism operations involving the use of lethal force are legal, ethical, and wise, President Obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and processes."[2]

On February 4, 2013, NBC published a leaked Department of Justice memo providing a summary of the rationale used to justify targeted killing of US citizens who are senior operational leaders of Al-Qa'ida or associated forces.[3]


 

Employees on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Vincent CannistraroDirector of Intelligence Programs19841987
Herman J. CohenSenior Director for Africa19871989

 

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  2. John O. Brennan's April 2012 Wilson Center Speech: The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy (Transcript and Video).
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