It's a bad precedent, not the least because of the questions around Awlaki. FYI, apparently Obama took a page from Bush and had a lawyer write an opinion as to why it was OK to kill this guy. I thought he opposed all those Bush-era legal memos?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/the-secret-memo-that-explains-why-obama-can-kill-americans/246004/ Oh, and then there is the truly inconvenient fact that Awlaki dined at the Pentagon with military brass in the months after 9/11: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/national/main6978200.shtml Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? So which was he? On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems pretty universal by people in govt that this guy was a bad guy, > but it's also troubling that the US would assassinate a US citizen on > foreign soil without due process; especially given this administrations > previous assertions that trial of terrorists is possible. > > Anyone else bothered by this? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
