Gingrich on al-Awlaki: he got due process

[Enrique]

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/09/30/gingrich-obama-was-right-to-order-the-killing-of-al-qaeda-operative/

Fort Dodge, Ia. — Newt Gingrich – a 2012 Republican presidential candidate who is one of the most critical of President Obama – today defended orders that led to the death of Al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.

He called American citizens who engage in war against the United States traitors and said that the military strike that killed al-Awlaki is constitutionally justified.

“American citizens who engage in war against the United States are legitimate targets and I think it was an appropriate and correct thing to execute him,” Gingrich said.

He continued, answering a question about the right of due process, a term used to describe a legal principle that government must respect the legal rights of citizens.

“They got due process,” Gingrich said. “The president signed an order to kill them. That was due process.”

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