Reply #22: Thank you for providing this but it didn't clear up anything actually.

[vaberella]

We're still facing a few situations. All we know is that the UN is not involved really in what goes on in regards to this situation and it won't be. I kind of see where the US is coming from...this ties directly to national security when a person is declaring war, and quite possibly, working with others to kill Americans. If there are investigations underway with operatives actively pursuing these suspects then there is no way the US would disclose information, and from my perspective should they. That being said I didn't pick up much from Mr. Alston's statement that hasn't been stated in other articles.

Further more, he's also running on this assassination is interchangeable with Capture-or-Kill. Until I get a clear definition I find that assassination and capture-or-kill are mutually exclusive. As I stated this person however does not see it that way. A capture of Awlaki alive would lead to an eventual trial of his crimes. Further more, an article posted here I believe by Clio the Leo shows that Awlaki's father has asked for three months to get him to turn himself in and for all intents and purposes that has been agreed too.

The constitutionality of Obama and the Pentagon's decision, CIA also I would assume, to put Awlaki on the list is seemingly justified if they have the evidence to prove Awlaki's actions. Unfortunately Goodman only provides a small tidbit of what Awlaki has said---and not gone into the full extent of his involvement in actions to kill Americans---such as the shoe bomber on the Airplane which named Awlaki as advising him on going through with his actions. If we have enough evidence proving that, that means Obama was in the right in his actions and this is not a constitutional problem. And considering the vast number of things we do know I find that Mr. Alston is actually marginalizing the extent of Awlaki's criminal acts against the United States.

Of course this is helpful in showing the extent international figures can play a role in this, which is limited to not at all.