Does this sound dangerous at all to anyone else?"If the court's ruling is correct, the government has unreviewable authority to carry out the targeted killing of any American, anywhere, whom the president deems to be a threat to the nation," said Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU. "It would be difficult to conceive of a proposition more inconsistent with the Constitution or more dangerous to American liberty. It's worth remembering that the power that the court invests in the president today will be available not just in this case but in future cases, and not just to the current president but to every future president. It is a profound mistake to allow this unparalleled power to be exercised free from the checks and balances that apply in every other context. We continue to believe that the government's power to use lethal force against American citizens should be subject to meaningful oversight by the courts."
Come on Judge, we are AT WAR. That mean means we can tell the courts to stuff their checks & balances where the sun don't shine.Judge Bates asked but did not answer the troubling question, "How is it that judicial approval is required when the United States decides to target a U.S. citizen overseas for electronic surveillance, but that, according to defendants, judicial scrutiny is prohibited when the United States decides to target a U.S. citizen overseas for death?"
Not only are there secret watch lists, but now there are secret kill lists. All which dodge the court system and any glimmer of constitutional due process.The lawsuit also asked the court to order the government to disclose the legal standard it uses to place U.S. citizens on government kill lists.
Once again, the division is made clear. Are you more concerned about your liberties or your safety?
So basically you can be found to be an enemy of the state and put on a kill list and no one has to answer or prove a reason you were put on this list. Great.
My guess is that the US gov't has always had a targeted kill list. It's just being made public now.
Scary as hell thought that the gov't can put you on that list just because the President "thinks" you are a threat. That opens up a whole nasty little can of worms. RAMBONE has it right with secret police and black ops.
Anyone remember Obama's civilian police corp (probably stating the title incorrectly, but you get my meaning) ???? HELLO! this little can of worms fits in very nicely with that group. Civilian jack-boot thugs with similar funding like the military, accountable only to the President????
Holy crap-balls! That's the SS !! Didn't we fight a war with those a-holes 70 years ago? How is that even coming close to happening in the U.S.A ?
Someone please help this hapless noobie!
Just a wild ass guess, but here's an idea. Don't travel abroad and forment hatred and terrorist attacks against the citizens and interests of the United States of America. I'll bet you won't be targeted for assassination.