Detailed commentary from your humble host on the leaked 16-page "Justice" Dept. white(wash) paper that rationalizes targeted killing of Americans NBC obtained a 16-page abstract of the longer legal brief that makes the case that it's OK for a president to order the killing of an American in a country that we are not at war with. As PBC explains, the memo re-defines many terms and precedents to create huge loopholes that present dangerous opportunities for Obama and future presidents
--new Open Society report confirms that 54 countries colluded in the US rendition and detention program--some countries allowed us to run black prison sites where we employed torture, others provided the torture
--hear an excerpt from our interview with Jess Radack about the Kiriakou case
--new Libyan report about Benghazi adds more confusion
--new Bulgarian report names Hezbollah for attack in resort city last summer
--Obama will visit Israel, West Bank and Jordan in March
--Obama wants to delay the "sequester" automatic cuts, again
--in the UK, House of Commons approves marriage equality
--Miami Herald unable to locate prostitutes and witnesses to wild parties in Dominican Republic allegedly attended by NJ Senator Bob Menendez
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