Specifically drone attacks. Wraith had a thread about a US targeted kill list, including US citizens abroad who were deemed "terrorists" or terrorist sympathizers. This is an extension of that, after new information.
The DoJ released a white paper trying to explain/justify the use of drones to target and kill "terrorists", but it left many more questions than it answered.
The executive branch doesn't want the judicial branch deciding national security policy, but the judicial branch doesn't want to be the arbiter of national security policy.
So...what does this mean moving forward in the 21st century dominated by new technology?