Holder's Admission Helps Anwar al-Awlaki’s Father's Law Suit

So much for the classified information defense. Eric Holder's admission that drone strikes killed 4 American citizens has helped the cause of Anwar al-Awlaki’s father, Nasser, a citizen and resident of Yemen, who is suing the U.S. government over the killing of his son and grandson. Samir Khan’s mother, a U.S. citizen, has joined the lawsuit.

"Plaintiffs' allegations that Department of Defense and CIA officials targeted al-Awlaki and then 'authorized and directed' a series of missile strikes in Yemen,” says the government, “are claims which ... would 'inevitably require an inquiry into classified information.'"

Not anymore.
In an order issued late Wednesday, Judge Rosemary Collyer ordered the Justice Department to file a memo stating how Attorney General Eric Holder’s confirmation Wednesday that the government had targeted and killed al-Awlaki “affects the legal issues in the case.”
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