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"When a memo from the Justice Department surfaced in February of this year, it cast a new light on one of the biggest modern military secrets\u2014and not a flattering one. \r\nThe 16-page government document detailed previously unheard of details on the United States\u2019 drone policy, perhaps most alarming among them, the legality of executing drone or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) strikes against U.S. citizens. \r\nAnd the lawful conditions for targeting American citizens aren\u2019t comforting, either. The memo reveals three: the person must be a ranking Al-Qaeda official, the person must pose an imminent threat to America and their live capture must be determined unfeasible. While it\u2019s been clarified that drone strikes are reserved only for an \u201Cimminent threat,\u201D the Obama Administration also noted that this \u201Cdoes not require the U.S. to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future.\u201D \r\nThese abstract regulations soon had citizens and politicians alike sounding the alarm for  the policy\u2019s evasive sidestep of judicial due process\u2014what some think could turn into a slippery slope. Then, in March, reports emerged that the drone program is poised to migrate from the responsibility of the CIA to the Department of Defense\u2014which may allow for increased transparency and tighter strike regulations. \r\nBut on top of the legal ramifications, questions of ethics loom: What does the ability to remotely push a button and end a life mean for human life and dignity? What are the implications of these unclear rules of engagement for war ethics and loss of life? \r\nIt remains to be seen what will happen next with the U.S. drone policy, but one thing is certain. As Christians widen the lens on the pro-life movement from abortion to any and all circumstances in which human life may be at risk, they now have a new justice concern to consider: what many are calling the U.S. counterterrorism strategy\u2019s \u201Cweapon of choice.\u201D"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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