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One of the tasks of the National Security Council is to determine and identify people, including United States citizens who are deemed to be threats to national security and add them to a "kill list".<ref name=reu1005>{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 | work= | One of the tasks of the National Security Council is to determine and identify people, including United States citizens who are deemed to be threats to national security and add them to a "kill list".<ref name=reu1005>{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 | work=Reuters | title=Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list" |author=Mark Hosenball |date=October 5, 2011 |access-date= March 26, 2017| author-link=Mark Hosenball }}</ref> In this case, no public record of this decision or any operation to kill the suspect will be made available.<ref name=reu1005 /> The panel's actions are justified by "two principal legal theories": They "were permitted by Congress when it [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists|authorized the use of military forces against militants]] in the wake of [[9/11|the attacks of September 11, 2001]]; and they are permitted under international law if a country is defending itself."<ref name=reu1005 /> | ||
Homeland Security Advisor [[John O. Brennan]], who helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the [[Disposition Matrix]] database, has described the [[Obama Administration]] targeted killing policy by stating that "in order to ensure that our counterterrorism operations involving the use of lethal force are legal, ethical, and wise, President Obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and processes".<ref>{{cite speech |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-efficacy-and-ethics-us-counterterrorism-strategy |title=The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy |author= John O. Brennan |author-link= John O. Brennan |institution= [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] |date= April 30, 2012 |access-date= March 26, 2017 }}</ref> | Homeland Security Advisor [[John O. Brennan]], who helped codify targeted killing criteria by creating the [[Disposition Matrix]] database, has described the [[Obama Administration]] targeted killing policy by stating that "in order to ensure that our counterterrorism operations involving the use of lethal force are legal, ethical, and wise, President Obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest possible standards and processes".<ref>{{cite speech |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-efficacy-and-ethics-us-counterterrorism-strategy |title=The Efficacy and Ethics of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy |author= John O. Brennan |author-link= John O. Brennan |institution= [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] |date= April 30, 2012 |access-date= March 26, 2017 }}</ref> | ||