{"id":72629,"date":"2013-02-05T23:20:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=72629"},"modified":"2013-02-05T23:25:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:25:52","slug":"chilling-legal-memo-from-obama-doj-justifies-assassination-of-us-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chilling-legal-memo-from-obama-doj-justifies-assassination-of-us-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling Legal Memo From Obama DOJ Justifies Assassination Of US Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u00a0most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process, far from any battlefield. The Obama administration has not only asserted exactly that power in theory, but has exercised it in practice. 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