Anwar al-Awlaki & Samir Khan

[Lamplighter]

OK, I'm following your line of thought. Things can be gray, and someone will have to decide which options to take.

Now for the "but"...

Would the US ideals (innocent until proven guilty) be lost if the President
were still required to go before a judge (i.e., Supreme Court) to make the case of guilt and
that there is no other way... that is, more or less, a trial in absentia ?

At least that way, there would be a check/balance over the decision of a single person,
who otherwise could become our equivalent of a Stalin or (whoever you want to name here)

But so far, I still maintain that capture and trial in the US is the right/best way to go.
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