Station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a leaked document today put the spotlight back on lethal strikes by the u. S. Government on u. S. Citizens abroad. In response, top officials in the Obama Administration argued their actions are justified and legal. Primary concern is to keep the American People safe, now do so in a way thats consistent with our laws and our values. Ifill attorney general eric holder today defended the Justice Departments rationale for authorizing the killings of americans overseas. We are we have as a basis for action that we take a congressional statute that allows us to operate against al qaeda and associated entities not only in pakistan or not only in afghanistan but in other parts of the world. We say that we only take these kinds of actions when theres an imminent threat, when capture is not feasible and when we are confident that were doing so in a theys consistent with a federal International Law. Ifill nbc news obtained a 16page Justice Departme
Thank you. Ifill a leaked document today put the spotlight back on lethal strikes by the u. S. Government on u. S. Citizens abroad. In response, top officials in the Obama Administration argued their actions are justified and legal. Primary concern is to keep the American People safe, now do so in a way thats consistent with our laws and our values. Ifill attorney general eric holder today defended the Justice Departments rationale for authorizing the killings of americans overseas. We are we have as a basis for action that we take a congressional statute that allows us to operate against al qaeda and associated entities not only in pakistan or not only in afghanistan but in other parts of the world. We say that we only take these kinds of actions when theres an imminent threat, when capture is not feasible and when we are confident that were doing so in a theys consistent with a federal International Law. Ifill nbc news obtained a 16page Justice Department white paper apparently prepa
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Paris attackers. Weve learned that the woman found dead after the police raid in saintdenis, france, did not blow herself up, as information earlier said. Rather, a man of wearing a suicide device that detonated, and that killed her. Sources say the woman was related to the paris attack ringleader. In west africa, two terror groups have claimed responsibility for killing 21 people including one american at a hotel in mali on friday. Our max foster in the french capital. Max, were only a week after these terrible attacks, and theres still a person on the run. Reporter itsit from new england, isnt its frighteni frightening, isnt it brussels in lockdown, and paris in a state of emergency. 100,000 police have been deployed, as well, as a result of the attacks just over a week ago here in paris. Theres a sense of defiance. People were out in the bistros. Theres a campaign to get people out in the bistros, and they lived up to that campaign. Theres definitely an undercurrent of fear that any