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2014-05-22 Home Front: WoT

DoJ to reveal drone memo on targeting of USCITS.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of

How does this differ in principle from the Old West 'Wanted, Dead or Alive' poster days?

Posted by Glenmore 2014-05-22 08:39|| 2014-05-22 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 No difference Glenmore. The terms of reference were/are "kill or capture" vs dead or alive.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-22 09:00|| 2014-05-22 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The legal system has to declare you to be an outlaw which then puts you outside of the protection of the legal system. This is a harsh punishment because basically, anybody could kill you.

So have a trial in absentia and declare al-Awlaki an outlaw. He then gets what's coming to him following due process.

Posted by Squinty 2014-05-22 10:48|| 2014-05-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 So have a trial in absentia and declare al-Awlaki an outlaw. He then gets what's coming to him following due process.Posted by Squinty

Sound logical on the face, but little is ever as it initially appears.

If evidence against al-Awlaki included cell or e-mail contacts with MAJ Nadal Hasan, it could become a very sticky wicket. My guess is we'll never see any of it, either coming or going. The discovery of intelligence community 'eyes-on' a terr linked Nadal Hasan would be of little help to a beleaguered regime at the moment.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-22 14:23|| 2014-05-22 14:23|| Front Page Top

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