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From: barry levine
Date: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Subject: re: U.N. Report Highly Critical of U.S. Drone Attacks
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
From: barry levine
Date: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Subject: re: U.N. Report Highly Critical of U.S. Drone Attacks
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
The contentious issue of who is a military target must not obscure the simpler question of who may use lethal force. The C.I.A. agents and contractors who are firing missiles from our drones are not members of our uniformed military, and don't answer to our Joint Chiefs of Staff. According to our own laws, if they're not soldiers or sailors or marines or airmen, they're subject to civilian law. The question is whether to charge them with murder or assassination or terrorism.
Barry Levine
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