U.S. Approves Assasination of Citizen

U.S. Approves Targeted Killing of American Cleric

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/world/middleeast/07yemen.html

Keith Olbermann's Coverage of the Issue:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/08/olbermann/index.html

A Muslim cleric tied to the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner has become the first U.S. citizen added to a list of suspected terrorists the CIA is authorized to kill, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

Anwar al-Aulaqi, who resides in Yemen, was previously placed on a target list maintained by the U.S. military's Joint Special Operations Command and has survived at least one strike carried out by Yemeni forces with U.S. assistance against a gathering of suspected al-Qaeda operatives.

Because he is a U.S. citizen, adding Aulaqi to the CIA list required special approval from the White House, officials said. The move means that Aulaqi would be considered a legitimate target not only for a military strike carried out by U.S. and Yemeni forces, but also for lethal CIA operations.

If an american citizen was holding hostages and has already killed one and looks as though he might kill another then it would be justified to kill him would it not?

>>1
Yeah, some people just need to die.

>>2
looks as though he might kill another
If he is literally in the act, yes. Stop him by whatever means necessary. The CIA is authorized to kill him on sight no matter what he's doing though.
was holding hostages and has already killed one
A jury of his peers should decide if this is true and how he should be punished for it not the CIA.

"Anwar al-Aulaqi" certainly doesn't sound like an American name to me.

hint: He is not an american.

I wonder if it still says in the CIA FAQ on their homepage that "we don't assassinate people - that's just craaazytalk" like it said a couple of years ago.

Serious question. Shouldn't the US have a better way to deal with this kind of thing? Like maybe a process involving several checks and balances to revoke his citizenship and declare him an enemy. Or something resembling a normal trial by jury.

Why is the US giving citizenship to sandnigger savages who wage war against Western Civilization in the first place?

>>9
President of america is a non-citizen jewish mulatto communist.

Why do you think? America and all western countries are filled with traitors who think importing a massive fifth column is a good idea.

>>9
Because he was born in the US?

Why is the US giving citizenship to sandnigger savages who wage war against Western Civilization in the first place?
Because he was born in the US?
Bait and switch topic?

>>8
no, this is another big fuck you from the executive to the judicial. like when they said fuck you to the legislative and started some wars. executive has been stealing powers from the other two branches for some time now... basically the rig is out of balance and about to fall over.

>>13
From your mouth to God's ears.