Anwar Al-Awlaki

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People are asking why "assassination" of Anwar Al-Awlaki would be legal, since he was an American citizen. An American citizen abroad, who was (allegedly) plotting violence against the United States, its people, and its government, and was in hiding in a country unwilling or unable to extradite him, and who (in all reasonable likelihood) would

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Sentencing Drone Strikes

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While bumping old posts is somewhat taboo, I must stop by to say that your analogy ignores that lethal force is permissible to prevent 'imminent' harms.

Otherwise, it's murder without a trial.