Anwar Al Awlaki Killed

We Take Care of Our Own: Eric Holder and the End of Rights

Peter Van Buren | Posted 05.06.2012

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No more clever wordplay (enhanced interrogations, "patriot" act, targeted killing, kinetic operations) but a simple declaration that the U.S. government will kill its own citizens when it wishes to.

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America as Constitutional Republic: When Can the President Kill?

Doug Bandow | Posted 04.29.2012

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What should be done if there are no obvious battlefields and no certain combatants? Should propagandists be treated as fighters? Are any procedural protections required before a U.S. citizen can be killed?

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White House Explains Targeted Killings Of U.S. Citizens

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON — U.S. citizens are legitimate military targets when they take up arms with al-Qaida, top national security lawyers in the Obama admi...

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Al-Awlaki's Death is Not America's Death

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.11.2011

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It is my opinion that a traitor who joined enemy combatants intent on doing our country and our people harm is a lawful target in an armed conflict and was rightly taken out before his dastardly plots could come to fruition.

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The Assassination of Al-Awlaki, American Citizen and al Qaeda Martyr

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 12.06.2011

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The underlying unease about Al-Awlaki's assassination is that there is considerable argument about whether he had become "operational" and was actively plotting or whether he was merely inspiring terrorism.

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Late Returns: Ron Paul Floats Impeachment Over Al-Awlaki Drone Strike

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2011

The targeted killing of Yemeni-based al-Qaeda "cleric" Anwar Al-Awlaki was guaranteed to be a flashpoint for controversy because it was essentially a ...

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A Farewell to Due Process: The Assassination of Anwar Al-Awlaki

Feisal G. Mohamed | Posted 12.03.2011

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The assassination of Anwar Al-Awlaki suggests that due process might be going the way of all good things. If we strip away the inflated rhetoric comparing Al-Awlaki to Osama bin Laden, the facts are troubling.

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GOP Candidate Says Obama Could Be Impeached

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.03.2011

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) suggested Monday while speaking at the University of New Hampshire that President Barack Obama could be impeached for the kill...

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Let the [Drone] Thing Be Pressed

Ken Blackwell | Posted 12.03.2011

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When an American citizen turns terrorist and calls for murderous attacks on his fellow citizens, he surely places himself outside the protection of our Constitution and laws.

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U.S. Executes American Citizen Al-Awlaki Without Trial

Peter Van Buren | Posted 12.03.2011

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The Government of the United States, currently under the management of a former professor of constitutional law, executed one of its own citizens abroad without any form of due process.

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McCain Counters Cheney On Calls For Obama Apology

Posted 12.03.2011

In an appearance Monday on CNN, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared to reject a suggestion from former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Li...

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Not Our Better Angels

Michael Brenner | Posted 12.03.2011

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The Anwar al-Awlak killing can only be interpreted and assayed meaningfully if placed in the context of the 'War On Terror." For America today is not the same country that it was before 9/11.

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The Anwar al-Awlaki Killing: Cheney's Bluster vs. Obama's Deeds

Dorian de Wind | Posted 12.02.2011

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Mr. Cheney, with all due respect, this is a classic example of when and where actions speak louder than words, and certainly much louder than bluster.

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Reading the Pictures: al-Awlaki: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.02.2011

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Dick And Liz Cheney: Obama Owes Bush Administration An Apology

Posted 12.02.2011

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, along with his daughter Liz, praised President Barack Obama Sunday for the drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.01.2011

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This week saw the rise of late-in-the-game Christie for President hoopla, and the dramatic, defeat-snatched-from-the-jaws-of-victory final fall of the Boston Red Sox. It also brought the start of Michael Jackson's doctor's trial (thrilling HLN's anchors, though Nancy Grace's wardrobe malfunction was caused by an energetic quickstep, not titillating testimony) and the end of Andy Rooney's run as America's favorite curmudgeon. Meeting a more final end was senior al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, whose killing prompted Leon Panetta to offer this classic shot of wry: "This has been a bad year for terrorists." Meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests intensified, a welcome reminder that, for angry Americans, the Tea Party is not the only option -- and that the energy for real change will definitely come from outside Washington. Keep your eye on Zuccotti Square.

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Al Qaeda Remains Threat After Al-Awlaki Assassination

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.01.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three ...

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WATCH: Maddow Raises Troubling Questions About U.S. Killing

Posted 12.01.2011

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Rachel Maddow raised a series of questions about the legality of the killing of the U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on her Friday show. Al-Awlaki ...

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How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring

Scott Atran | Posted 12.01.2011

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Eliminating Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan creates a brief opportunity for restoring America's shattering moral standing in the Arab and Muslim world. President Obama can now claim that the biggest short-term threat to national security from abroad has been nearly neutralized.

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Officials: Bomb-Maker Linked To 2009 Christmas Day Plot Likely Killed In Yemen Drone Strike

AP | By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence indicates that the top al-Qaida bomb-maker in Yemen also died in the drone strike that killed radical cleric Anwar al-...

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After Awlaki Hit, U.S. Overflowing With Praise For Yemen's Troubled Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.30.2011

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In the aftermath of the American military strike that killed wanted al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S. government has turned up the volume o...

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Some Muslims Question Anwar Al-Awlaki's Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.30.2011

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The U.S.-led killing in Yemen of al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S. born imam who was known for his Internet videos preaching violent jihad and...

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Does Killing Of U.S.-Born Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki Make America Safer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The killing of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen has brought cheers from lawmakers and terrorism experts, but it remains an ...

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American Al-Awlaki Killed Abroad Without Trial

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON - The United States government killed an American citizen in Yemen on Friday in hostile action, despite not having declared war on the coun...

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Obama Reacts To Death Of Al Qaeda Cleric

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the killing of a fiery American-born cleric in Yemen a "major blow" to al-Qaida's most dangerous af...

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