Assassination of U.S. Citizen Is Legal - Holder Announces
Attorney General Eric Holder recently defended the Obama Administration's viewpoint that the assassination of U.S. citizens is legal. Numerous news outlets reports Holder defended the use of such a policy without any form of judicial oversight. Apparently water boarding non-U.S. citizens is bad, but killed U.S. citizens without any form of judicial oversight is OK. Interesting policy. I am curious where the righteous indignation is about this in the media and among the left?
Labels: Obama, terrorism, war on terror
posted by Scooby at
10:19 AM
8 Comments:
I've been wondering that myself. Can you imagine the outcry if our former president had done this?
Hi there. UK left-leaning, disappointed in Obama, perspective here.
Think that the killing of al-Awlaki incompatible with democracy, and that he should have gone through due, and judicial, process.
However, that should apply equally to all those the USA is targeting with its drone strike campaigns. E.g we have an FBI target, al-Liby, living here. Will he be killed by drone strike?
Highly doubt it, because the underlying question is about the legality of drone strikes. If not going to kill terrorists here by this method, when we have known terrorists residing here, then have to wonder whether the strategy itself is legal.
Have covered this killing, and drone strikes, on my blog, Blinkered Justice, if anyone interested.
All the best.
Mark
Scary stuff, Scooby. Just when you think we've finally started to get some sense around here, eh?
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