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In reply to the discussion: EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department Memo Reveals Legal Case for Drone Strikes on Americans [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)43. Having read the white paper, I can tell you that this was an Administration leak.
And if one wants to send PETN bombs to Chicago synagogues, one does so at one's peril---
http://www.juancole.com/2010/10/saudi-arabia-saves-chicago-synagogue-from-al-qaeda-bomb-plot.html
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EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department Memo Reveals Legal Case for Drone Strikes on Americans [View all]
Hissyspit
Feb 2013
OP
Focusing On The NRA - More Guns Won't Help Americans Against A Drone Strike
cantbeserious
Feb 2013
#1
Please state one case when drones have been used against American citizens on US soil.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#73
With The Recent Knowledge That Any American Can Be So Targeted, It Is Only A Matter Of Time
cantbeserious
Feb 2013
#131
No need to worry. The government would never attack an American citizen with its firepower.
dkf
Feb 2013
#2
so what the US Marshalls should have gone to Tora Bora and served warrants?
arely staircase
Feb 2013
#180
Well they sure have tortured some. I guess you can classify me as a lunatic. nm
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#12
When it comes to Al Qaeda operatives/seditious "Americans" making war on us while
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#74
kestrel, not to get too technical, but I don't think Osama has been alive for a long, long time.
Th1onein
Feb 2013
#91
Americans are protected by the Constitution and the Amendments thereto against
amandabeech
Feb 2013
#135
“Senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida. Also if you violate the terms of service on any web site.
Scuba
Feb 2013
#3
Oh but these desperate times call for desperate, extra-judicial, measures. We've had roughly...
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#31
How does the Fifth Amendment apply to a enemy combatant who is non-custodial? nt
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#99
What rights do you think Americans abroad have? Particularly those who send PETN
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#140
The same ones they have here. Especially when the violation of their rights originates
Hissyspit
Feb 2013
#161
This is something that the right and left should be united against.
woo me with science
Feb 2013
#53
You keep adding stuff to your demands of me that aren't part of the original argument.
Hissyspit
Feb 2013
#122
Legally, they were not. As members of Al Qaeda--self-proclaimed members of Al Qaeda
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#96
No-- I can't see the difference. You have two members of Al Qaeda, actively
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#112
Thank you, Xithras, for your patient and intelligent posts on this topic. n/t
amandabeech
Feb 2013
#134
American citizenship isn't a shield...in fact, I would ask why you thought American citizens had
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#137
It ain't gonna happen. Who would even consider arming themselves. Here. On DU.
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#18
He isn't saying he is above the law. In fact, he's made a compelling case that
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#42
AQAP is no vague boogeyman. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was no figment of anyone's
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#106
No--I've got plenty more. But if you think Al Qaeda is a strawman, then no amount of examples
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#116
Kill who? Awlaki? Because capture was not feasible. And, as the judge in his
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#121
Forgive me, but did you miss Fort Hood, the PETN bombs, the BA airlines plot, the Timms attack, the
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#139
Fort Hood? Yes. Awlaki was in contact with the shooter. As for the BA bomb plot, I am
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#142
Bush's lawyers did not make a compelling case. Kindly cite which part of the Yoo memo
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#69
When you pervert the rule of law to allow yourself unconstitutional powers I would
Arctic Dave
Feb 2013
#60
So, should we have served Osama bin Laden with a subpoena rather than killing him?
Freddie Stubbs
Feb 2013
#75
Hmmm, what would have taken longer then dragging a dead body to crashed helicopter.
Arctic Dave
Feb 2013
#84
I kept thinking someone would point out that OBL was not a US citizen long before 89 posts!
riderinthestorm
Feb 2013
#101
I think he did say he was 'in front' of the law, when he explained that
coalition_unwilling
Feb 2013
#147
I fear it will be too late once the collective outrage catches up to the abuses
Puzzledtraveller
Feb 2013
#100
Having read the white paper, I can tell you that this was an Administration leak.
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#43
Technical note: while Bush may have called his doctrine 'preemptive' (legal under
coalition_unwilling
Feb 2013
#150
In the end, you have a President going into Congress, accusing enemies of being "associated forces",
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#160