Chris Hedges: Why I’m Suing Barack Obama - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

Chris Hedges: Why I’m Suing Barack Obama - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig: Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in the Southern U.S. District Court in New York City on my behalf as a plaintiff against Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the Authorization for Use of Military Force as embedded in the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act, signed by the president Dec. 31.