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Should US terror suspects be subjected drone strikes?

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    Peter Doocy reports from Washington, D.C.

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Well there are some tough new questions today for the White House after a memo surfaced that lays out the case -- targeting US citizens.

Overseas when they believe that they are a threat.

To our country -- the critics say that it allows the president to be the judge and jury and executioner.

I Americans in some cases not as a group of senators say that they want answers to this and that if they don't get them.

The president's nominee for Defense Secretary and CIA director could be held up.

The White House says that they do not see this program as a problem.

We conduct those strikes because they are necessary to mitigate ongoing actual threats to stop -- prevent future attacks and -- save American lives.

He strikes were legal.

They're ethical and otherwise.

US government takes great care -- deciding to pursue an al-Qaeda terrorist to ensure precision.

And to avoid loss of innocent life.

Peter Doocy joins us live in Washington Peter do we know what an American has to to to be targeted by a drone strike.

Greg the first thing US citizen abroad have to do to be targeted is associate themselves with al-Qaeda operations because when they do that.

The Justice Department basically says that America's interest and national security.

Outweighs that person's right to due process and the attorney general Eric Holder yesterday explained the simple rules that make US citizens vulnerable.

Two people operations.

We say that we only take these kinds of actions when.

There's an imminent threat -- capture is not feasible and when we are confident that we doing so in a way that's consistent with.

-- federal and international law.

A secret Justice Department memo first obtained by NBC news makes clear there does not have to be a known plot just an imminent threat to target.

A US citizen aligned with al-Qaeda and the first ever American to be targeted using these guidelines with and -- Al all lucky in Yemen.

In 2011.

Right here what are the administration's critics -- about all of this.

We've heard some Republicans and some Democrats Greg come out the last point four hours and say that they don't think decisions about executing US citizens.

Should be made secretly.

Here you have a -- -- on accountable DOJ official.

Who makes the determination that recent activities lead him to conclude he's an imminent threat and you can send a drone to kill not to torture room but to kill.

So I am troubled to any time.

The government is is non transparent as this.

Tomorrow John Brennan is gonna come to Capitol Hill for -- senate confirmation hearing since he is.

President Obama's nominee to run the CIA he was also.

President Obama is number one counterterrorism.

Official as the drone program grew over the last few years and his past remarks are actually cited.

By the Justice Department in their explanation of these drone protocols we do expect to hear some senators bring that up.

At his confirmation -- right indeed he did -- -- you can count on that Peter Doocy live in Washington Peter thanks mean.

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