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[thies.livejournal.com]

Using the constitution as toilet paper - again. The Obama administration authorized the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki who holds US citizenship. There is some nefarious precedent being created by allowing the President to order the killing of American citizens, regardless of their alleged crimes, without granting them their 5th Amendment rights. Bush with his renditions, and the implications of the Patriot Act was bad enough, but ordering a US citizen to be assassinated as Obama now did takes it to a whole new level. I bet Stalin would be proud of Barry Soetoro. Anyone want to wager which other parts of the constitution will be considered void by Obama until he gets kicked out of the white house?

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Re: The real gotcha

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

He's not 'suspicious people', he's behind two major American terrorism plots and directly linked to many more terrorists.

This isn't 'we are going to kill this guy because we think he said some mean stuff'.

Re: The real gotcha

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

Next target: Bloggers.

Re: The real gotcha

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, its like when they outlawed child pornography and since everyone was ok with that they outlawed sex altogether! D:

Re: The real gotcha

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

Colmes & Hannity make those sorts of arguments in their surreal version of reality where everyone holds extremist viewpoints.

Constitutional violation is worth getting upset at but I find this post a little ovah-dramatic as an example of such. Executive Orders and Congress have been making end-runs around the Constitution and Bill of Rights for a long, long time and this is far from the most egregious example.

American citizen/asshole residing in Yemen and calling for violence against America? I say he's asking for it.

Re: The real gotcha

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

He's not just calling for violence, he's the main Al Q recruiter and involved in planning and coordinating terrorist attacks.

This isn't 'some supsected militant' that gets locked away with no evidence. Considering how many people have been killed during this war with absolutely no evidence, just 'in the wrong place', I have to find the outrage about the government declaring this guy is an enemy as part of Al Quada completely phony and transparent.

Re: The real gotcha

[tridus.livejournal.com]

Read the quote again. The director of national intelligence said they can go around killing "suspicious" people.

This guy may not have been, but quite clearly they believe they have the right to kill "suspicous" people.