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Today, in response to lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and The New York Times, the Obama administration has finally released an important memo written by the Department of Justice explaining the legal authority to use drones to sometimes kill Americans without the benefit of a trial first. Anwar Al-Awlaki was an American citizen and also allegedly a terrorist organizer for Al Qaeda, killed in a drone strike in 2011 in Yemen. The administration had been fighting the memo's release and losing. Today a redacted version of the memo was released. The ACLU has it posted here (the memo actually begins on page 67, following a lengthy court ruling). The "too long; didn't read" version: The Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) that gave us wars in Iraq and Afghanistan gave the administration permission to pursue and capture or kill members of Al Qaeda; Al-Awlaki was a member of Al Qaeda; therefore, killing was legal.
Al-Awlaki's Fourth Amendment right to due process is brought up toward the end. The Justice Department argues here that capturing Al-Awlaki was infeasible, yet he presented a threat to the United States as "continued" and "imminent," therefore lethal force was justified.
Anwar Al-Awlaki's teenaged son, who was an American citizen and not wanted for any terrorist activities, was killed by a drone strike a few days later. ..
The use of drones is not a Constitutional issue.
They are issues of technology.
The only reason the far right are yelling is their fear for what will happen to the militias if they rise up.
They are right to fear.
All criminally minded should fear justice.
Anwar Al-Awlaki's teenaged son, who was an American citizen and not wanted for any terrorist activities, was killed by a drone strike a few days later. ..
Who else was killed in that strike?
You are judged by the company you keep
The use of drones is not a Constitutional issue.
They are issues of technology.
The only reason the far right are yelling is their fear for what will happen to the militias if they rise up.
They are right to fear.
All criminally minded should fear justice.
Funny how everyone who disagrees with you is far right, even the famous left wing columnist Jonathon Turley.
Second Circuit Orders Obama Administration To Release Drone Memos On Killing U.S. Citizens | JONATHAN TURLEY
And then American's can't seem to figure out why so many people in the world hate us?? ..If one goes jihad in Yemen or Somalia, talks the jabber on the radio, stupid person will be hunted down and dragon fire will fall on his or her ass. All America will do is go, "Hmpf, deserved it" and go back to gardening.
Take up arms against your own country and you become the enemy
The use of drones is not a Constitutional issue.
They are issues of technology.
The only reason the far right are yelling is their fear for what will happen to the militias if they rise up.
They are right to fear.
All criminally minded should fear justice.
Funny how everyone who disagrees with you is far right, even the famous left wing columnist Jonathon Turley.
Second Circuit Orders Obama Administration To Release Drone Memos On Killing U.S. Citizens | JONATHAN TURLEY
Turley is wrong. Does that satisfy your ravening hunger?
If one goes jihad in Yemen or Somalia, talks the jabber on the radio, stupid person will be hunted down and dragon fire will fall on his or her ass. All America will do is go, "Hmpf, deserved it" and go back to gardening.
The use of drones is not a Constitutional issue.
They are issues of technology.
The only reason the far right are yelling is their fear for what will happen to the militias if they rise up.
They are right to fear.
All criminally minded should fear justice.
Funny how everyone who disagrees with you is far right, even the famous left wing columnist Jonathon Turley.
Second Circuit Orders Obama Administration To Release Drone Memos On Killing U.S. Citizens | JONATHAN TURLEY
Turley is wrong. Does that satisfy your ravening hunger?
If one goes jihad in Yemen or Somalia, talks the jabber on the radio, stupid person will be hunted down and dragon fire will fall on his or her ass. All America will do is go, "Hmpf, deserved it" and go back to gardening.
Personally I dont have a problem with killing terrorists, even if they are American citizens. The Supreme Court already ruled (I think in ex parte Quirin) that the Constitution is not a roving shield to protect people no matter what they do. Al Awlaki was clearly an enemy combatant who by quirk had American citizenship. There is no way to call it wrong without invoking a slippery slope fallacy.
That said, the Obama administration took its usual casual attitude towards the law and decided "We want to, therefore we can." This was after threatening Bush Administration lawyers with prosecution for waterboarding even though the entire procedure was subject to very careful legal analysis.
Personally I dont have a problem with killing terrorists, even if they are American citizens. The Supreme Court already ruled (I think in ex parte Quirin) that the Constitution is not a roving shield to protect people no matter what they do. Al Awlaki was clearly an enemy combatant who by quirk had American citizenship. There is no way to call it wrong without invoking a slippery slope fallacy.
That said, the Obama administration took its usual casual attitude towards the law and decided "We want to, therefore we can." This was after threatening Bush Administration lawyers with prosecution for waterboarding even though the entire procedure was subject to very careful legal analysis.
wrong. Obama Protected Bush from being prosecuted.
Obama's justice department grants final immunity to Bush's CIA torturers | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | theguardian.com
