Not as far as the intent of Congress in the drafting and passage of that bill is concerned. In the rush post 9-11 don't think they addressed the question at all.
BTW, it looks to me like Wadih El Hage got due process.
I really don't understand your resistance to taking the information they had on Al Awlaki to a judge for a death warrant or a finding that he is a member of or is specifically aiding AQ. They could have got it done in a few hours. There aren't so many US citizens in AQ that it is any kind of impediment. What I don't want is the President being able to say, "Oh, all those guys in FreeRepublic.com opposed to me are therefore helping AQ." Yes, that's absurd, but there is NOTHING in the law you've cited from preventing it.
Congress has no power to delegate to the President the power to deny due process for any American citizen, nor is it within the spirit of the Constitution to deem the president's whim as to who dies as equivalent to due process. That is why we have divided government and Constitutionally limited powers.
That’s because Wadih El Hage was taken into custody in Texas. Had he been organizing another embassy bombing in Africa, and some SpecOps ground team had him in the drone sights, I’d like the go to be immediate and not some hours later after they tracked down a federal judge.
Why?
Because people move out of your sight picture.