Transparency!
It may not be a popular POV on FR, but I can find nothing in the Constitution or the laws whereby the military of the US is obliged to inquire into the citizenship of legitimate military targets before attacking.
Whether they are actually legitimate and legal targets is an entirely different question, of course, and this sort of targeted attack is certainly open to abuse. But if they are proper targets, and they are American citizens, they are traitors as well as enemies, and I’ll lose no sleep over their demise.
I'm guessing the man owned ranch land in Nevada.
If they plan to take a human life,the least they can do is justify their actions.Anything less causes a loss of confidence among the citizens.
“drone attack in Yemen”
Why is this a big fuss over a drone attack in freakin’ Yemen?!
The US government, for whatever justification, can kill foreigners whom it deems a threat. Nobody forced the “American” to live in Yemen, so it is a moot point. Don’t want to die from the hand of your gubmint? Don’t plot terrorist activities from Yemen.
If Yemen did not like it, then they could declare war on the US. In fact, I could see it being fair if Yemen had its panties up in a bunch, but why are Americans acting like it is sand up their collective vaginas?
Let it go. A terrorist “American” gets smoked in the foreign soil. Boo freakin hoo!
Very scary....link it to Obama AND the Dems,,100%
Patriot: Citizens can hide rationale for killing U.S. Judges.
Wonder how that would work...
This is ruling addresses a very specific scenario.
Obama administration can keep secret a memo spelling out the legal rationale for a 2011 drone attack
A memo. It addresses a MEMO. Please keep it in perspective.
I have an idea! Let’s stop importing muslims and we won’t have to worry about their citizenship.
Whole lot of judges needs a little re-edumacation or serious ass whoopings.
I realize a lot of y’all are disturbed by the image of an American president authorizing targeted strikes on American citizens overseas. You feel it should be unconstitutional or illegal in some way.
The problem is that conservatives don’t believe in a Constitution that means what we think it should mean, we believe in one that says what it actually says. Which means quotation of the section that prohibits American military forces, at the direction of the Commander in Chief, authorized to do so by Congress, from attacking enemies if they happen to be US citizens.
I don’t know of any such provision. Feel free to post it, if you do.