US: Americans who join militants can be targets
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The Obama administration is making its most detailed public case for why it believes it can lethally target American citizens who join forces with militants, brushing aside protests from human rights groups.
Addressing a Washington conference on Tuesday night, John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, said US citizens fighting alongside al-Qaeda and the Taliban are "legitimate targets" for lethal strikes. (Reuters)
