And it should disclose the factual record that led the OLC to conclude that the extrajudicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki – again, an American citizen who was located far from any conventional battlefield – would be lawful.
US attacks have increased in recent months, attracting criticism that they are extrajudicial killings and also hit innocent people, fuelling a cycle of revenge.
Christof Heyns, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions wrote in the Guardian last week that if the death sentence is carried out tonight it would be "another grotesque and unjust execution.
Kadyrov has always denied allegations of human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings, but his opponents have a habit of meeting suspicious ends.
A federal appellate court's publication on Monday of the so-called "drone memo" finally allows the American public to evaluate the legal theories that were the basis for one of the Obama administration's most controversial acts – the extrajudicial killing of an American citizen.
He envies the extrajudicial methods used by Iran's enemies, boasting that Iran can bring its enemies abroad "back in a bag", just as Israel did to Adolf Eichmann.
Gross overreaction by the police against suspected Islamist extremists on the coast, involving extrajudicial killings, has served only to recruit more people to the extremists' cause.
If rural areas are taken into account, extrajudicial killings may run into thousands.
Under Mr Thaksin, extrajudicial squads killed thousands of suspected drug-pushers and other criminals.From the start, the red shirts have had a thuggish element.
Under Mr Khama, state-security agencies have expanded dramatically, and there have been troubling accusations of extrajudicial killings and other abuses.
Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, child abductions and terrorist killings are rife.The tone for the latest round of fighting was set by the Tigers' chieftain, Velupillai Prabhakaran, in his annual "Heroes' Day" speech.
