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NAPOLITANO: The Obama administration has gone rogue
The Washington Times ^
| October 9, 2013
| Andrew P. Napolitano
Posted on 10/10/2013 9:44:34 AM PDT by jazusamo
Before you rejoice that the government has seized an alleged terrorist in Libya who was indicted for planning the notorious 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, before you join the House of Representatives in a standing ovation for the Capitol Hill police who killed a woman whose car struck a White House fence and who then drove away at a high speed, and before you commend the New York Police Department for quickly getting to the bottom of an alleged assault by a motorcycle gang that tormented a young family on a city street, please give some thought to the rule of law.
Last weekend, a team of Navy SEALs kidnapped a Libyan, Abu Anas al-Libi, off of a public street in Tripoli. The Navy men did not have a warrant for his arrest, did not have the permission of the local authorities or the Libyan government to carry out this kidnapping, and were unlawfully present bearing arms in public in Libya. Many of al-Libis alleged accomplices already had been arrested, prosecuted and convicted in the United States. The U.S. could have sought his extradition, as it did with some of them, had President Obama not bombed the American-friendly government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi out of existence, without a congressional declaration of war.
Obama apologists have praised this maneuver as a bloodless way to obtain justice without using drones to kill. (How low we have sunk when Mr. Obama can be praised for not executing someone with a drone.) Secretary of State John F. Kerry, acknowledging that al-Libi is innocent until proved guilty, has claimed that the rule of law was followed here because he will be brought to a civilian U.S. court for trial...
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: libya; obama; roguepresident; ruleoflaw
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:44:34 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
The Judge is right: America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation of men.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:50:35 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: jazusamo
Our guys are trained to break things and hurt people. Serving arrest warrants is beneath them.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:50:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: jazusamo
When it comes to " spooks " and Politics ,
there is no such thing as coincidence !
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:51:08 AM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: jazusamo
sounds like a "Cover-My-@$$" moment.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:51:30 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: jazusamo
Last weekend, a team of Navy SEALs kidnapped a Libyan, Abu Anas al-Libi, off of a public street in Tripoli. The Navy men did not have a warrant for his arrest, did not have the permission of the local authorities or the Libyan government to carry out this kidnapping, and were unlawfully present bearing arms in public in Libya. Many of al-Libis alleged accomplices already had been arrested, prosecuted and convicted in the United States. Aren't you contradicting yourself here Judge?
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:51:35 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Obama: The Problem Is ... I am Not the Emperor of the United States)
To: jazusamo
Obeyme may have used “Seal Team 6” to revive images of the Osama raid to boost his sagging ass poll numbers.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:53:53 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
To: McGruff
what do you expect? napolitano supports homosexual based marriage.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:53:54 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: rarestia
rarestia :" The Judge is right: America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation of men."
Correction :
America is no longer a nation of laws but a nation governed by lawless, arrogant men.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:54:43 AM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: McGruff
I don’t know that he contradicted himself, it’s not said where al-Libi’s accomplices were arrested or if they were arrested legally.
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posted on
10/10/2013 9:57:29 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: jazusamo
WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO START IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES?
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:00:04 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: jazusamo
May G-d Himself help us when foreign nationals start doing the same to our citizens whom they think have committed crimes against them in their own countries.
It will be open season on our military men and women.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:00:27 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: jazusamo
Benghazi attackers still at large. But 0bama is afraid of what they might say if captured so he leaves them alone. I don't understand going into Libya for any reason other than to apprehend the Benghazi attackers. The capture of Abu Anas al-Libi only underscores the fact the Benghazi attackers are still on the loose.
There is a reason 0bama won't go after the Benghazi attackers. Don't expect the media to investigate. They SHOULD be.
To: McGruff
On June 23, 1960, the US joined seven other Security Council member in unanimous condemnation of a remarkably similar act as "creating an atmosphere of distrust and insecurity incompatible with the preservation of peace".
UN Security Resolution 138
UNSC 138 was in response to Israel's kidnapping of Eichmann in Argentina. Al-Libi is probably a really bad guy, but he's no Eichmann.
To: Doogle
It’s long overdue, even with the present senate that would not convict but if 0bama goes far enough maybe that could change.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:02:58 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:04:23 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: McGruff
The Judge is a liberaltarian who also has no problem with any kind of marriage either as well as thinking the military should stay at home .
Warrants, for crying out loud, we’re at war and they think we should get a warrant form where Libya, then serve it thinking he might not have been tipped off and he’ll come on his own accord.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:07:18 AM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: rarestia
To: jazusamo
Oh, that Napolitano. He’s right, of course.
To: jazusamo
Zero said he would respect the laws of other countries. Yet, another lie by the Kenyan Kid.
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posted on
10/10/2013 10:24:54 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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