Judge Says Under Law Executive Branch Can Commit Acts That Sure Do Seem Unconstitutional Without Having to Explain Why They Allegedly Aren't

Even as she turned down two requests to release information on U.S. targeted killings, a frustrated federal judge acknowledged such disclosure might help explain anti-terror practices she called an "ill-defined yet vast and seemingly ever-growing exercise in which we have been engaged...at great cost in lives, treasure, and (at least in the minds of some) personal liberty." Mother Jones ' Quote of the Day. "I can find no way around the thicket of laws (that) effectively allow the Executive Branch (to) proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret."

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