By Toby Harnden, Mail online, 5 June 2012
They call them the ‘Terror Tuesday’ meetings. Held in the Situation
Room in the bowels of the White House, they are chaired by President
Barack Obama and include up to two dozen intelligence and
counter-terrorism officials.
Their purpose is to consider which of America’s enemies should be placed on the White House’s ‘kill list’.
After viewing what officials jocularly call ‘baseball cards’, which contain terror suspects’ biographies, the pros and cons of their continued existence on earth are debated.
Long-distance killer: More and more drone missile attacks are being sanctioned by President Barack Obama
Like a latter-day Roman emperor sitting in life-or-death judgment on his gladiators, Obama then pronounces on the fate of each suspect.
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Their purpose is to consider which of America’s enemies should be placed on the White House’s ‘kill list’.
After viewing what officials jocularly call ‘baseball cards’, which contain terror suspects’ biographies, the pros and cons of their continued existence on earth are debated.
Long-distance killer: More and more drone missile attacks are being sanctioned by President Barack Obama
Like a latter-day Roman emperor sitting in life-or-death judgment on his gladiators, Obama then pronounces on the fate of each suspect.
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