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The U.S. government can kill an American citizen abroad if that person is plotting to attack Americans and U.S. authorities can't apprehend them, according to a newly declassified government memo. The document laid out the legal rationale for a drone-missile strike that killed terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011.
The 2010 memo, which a court released Monday, has been at the heart of a debate about the legality of the U.S. government ordering deadly force from a drone against a U.S. citizen overseas. The strike that killed Mr. Awlaki also killed Samir Khan, a U.S. citizen who edited the terrorist magazine Inspire.
U.S. Memo Outlines Rationale for Drone Strikes on Citizens - WSJ
So very interesting. Scary. Good. Bad. Interesting.
U.S. Memo Outlines Rationale for Drone Strikes on Citizens - WSJ
So very interesting. Scary. Good. Bad. Interesting.
U.S. Memo Outlines Rationale for Drone Strikes on Citizens - WSJ
So very interesting. Scary. Good. Bad. Interesting.
I have no problem with it. Regardless of where one is born, if they are a terrorist and an enemy of the United States, targeting them overseas is just fine with me.
Is the person really a terrorist, or are you content to just take the government's word for it? This is why trial by a jury is ingrained into our Constitution.
I think overseas, actions speak louder than words.
This means that our government can kill any American they want by fiat, on just their say so, without a trial, and without having to present evidence. This alone should be considered grounds for Obama's impeachment.
I would like to think that our Constitution is more than just words. It's a long slippery slope once you start shredding it.
This means that our government can kill any American they want by fiat, on just their say so, without a trial, and without having to present evidence. This alone should be considered grounds for Obama's impeachment.
How would you see lethal force by the police, when a domestic criminal will not give up? Within the country there is less reason, of course. And all the terrorist citizen must do is give himself up.
U.S. Memo Outlines Rationale for Drone Strikes on Citizens - WSJ
So very interesting. Scary. Good. Bad. Interesting.
This means that our government can kill any American they want by fiat, on just their say so, without a trial, and without having to present evidence. This alone should be considered grounds for Obama's impeachment.
If there were any grounds for impeachment that we've heard by the right wing echo chamber... all of which are crap BS...
I think overseas, actions speak louder than words.
Except had Bush gone to the extremes of violating the separation of power that the current administration has, boy would the media coverage and outcry be different. :lamo
HE DID. Amazing how short people's memories are.
Except had Bush gone to the extremes of violating the separation of power that the current administration has, boy would the media coverage and outcry be different. :lamo
I would ask for examples but I don't expect any... at least not any reputable ones.
HE DID. Amazing how short people's memories are.
From what I understand Anwar al-Awlaki was an American killed by a drone strike in Yemen and he hadn't killed anyone nor made any of the plans that killed anyone. They just said he was thinking about doing it and that he talked a lot of ****.
The ACA. Signed into law with deadlines. Law, meaning, in print, these are the timelines. Without congress involved, without their approval, several of the timetables in the law were overridden/ignored. Is that 'reputable', or do you deny it happened?
It might be the military in me taking charge, but I really do not care of what nationality a terrorist is. The idea is to get them first before they do hard to the USA or any of her people.
The ACA was passed by both houses of the congress and you argue that it was all executive authority that did it. Amazing thought process there.
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