According to the Guardian, the US only admitted to targeting al-Awlaki. The other three Americans who have been killed (including his son) were not targeted killings according to the DOJ.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/22/white-house-drone-strikes-us-citizens I would not be surprised if they were lying, of course, but they say they weren't targeted. On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:47 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > The kid wasn't a terrorist. He wasn't radicalized. The two family members > who were had been killed two weeks before. > > At a minimum is a due process issue. > On Oct 15, 2013 5:44 PM, "Justin Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Obama ordered a drone strike targeting and killing a US citizen, Anwar > > > al-Awlaki. His son (who was 16) was also killed is a subsequent drone > > > strike but it is not clear that he was specifically targeted. Eric > Holder > > > has publicly admitted that al-Awlaki was targeted and that they knew he > > was > > > a citizen. His citizenship was never revoked. The administration > > justified > > > it under rules of war being conducted on foreign soil. > > > > Citizen or not, I think he'd have a pretty good defense if this was > > the basis for impeachment. After all, government representatives kill > > US Citizens all the time when they present an imminent danger to the > > public (e.g. police officers kill Citizens in the line of duty all the > > time). I'd say that directly assisting a terrorist organization with > > the goal of planning and executing terrorist attacks qualifies as > > presenting an imminent danger. The argument that others are bringing > > up about holding him responsible for defaulting on the debt is more > > complex and I don't fully understand how that works, but even that > > sounds more plausible than taking out a terrorist (citizen or not). > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:367791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
