The CIA's Predator drone missile strike that killed the American-born al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen last month set off a heated discussion in policy circles about whether it was legal to attack a US citizen. A spate of editorials and articles demanding the release of the secret presidential finding justifying the use of lethal force has gained some traction among pundits, the ACLU and others, but has been met with a big yawn from the public. (The October 9th edition of The New York Times reported on the contents of the legal memorandum, by the Justice Department's Office of Legal
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The Director of Feature Programming at TFI joins Doc U: Focus on Funding.
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Our most recent addition to Doc U: Focus on Funding from Catapult Film Fund.
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Christian Gaines, artistic director of the AFI Fest, who delivered the keynote address of the International Film Festival Summit It was great to be back in the crisp winter clime in New York City last December, where nearly 200 individuals who produce, manage, promote or sponsor film festivals from Czechoslovakia to Seattle gathered for the second annual International Film Festival Summit (IFFS). The impressive assemblage took place at the Park Central Hotel and Samsung Center in the Time Warner Building at Columbus Circle. The objective was to create a dialogue among peers, share insights and