During his presidency, Barack Obama authorized lethal drone strikes that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens overseas who were involved with al-Qaeda or associated forces。
The American citizens killed in these drone strikes were:
Anwar al-Awlaki
Samir Khan
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
Jude Kenan Muhammad
The Obama administration defended the legality of these actions under a combination of U.S. and international law, citing the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress after the 9/11 attacks
Not only does the administration claim to have sweeping power to target and kill U.S. citizens anywhere in the world, but it makes the extraordinary claim that the court has no role in reviewing that power or the legal standards that apply,
