There really is no defense of the extra-judicial killings. There just isn't.

[dballance]

36. Yes, We Must Use Every LEGAL Means of Protecting Our Contry

We MUST NOT throw out over 200 years of history and jurisprudence where upon we followed the Constitution and Bill of Rights. They guarantee citizens a trial by a jury of their peers. The king used to have the power Obama's legal team now claims any president has. The king could have anyone hanged, drawn and quartered, beheaded, etc. at his will and whim. When our founding fathers wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights they sought to prevent this sort of power being granted to an individual.

To now grant that same power to our president (any president current or future) is an abomination to our Constitution. It is unlikely the "informed, high-level" government officials nor the administration will ever divulge their reasoning for condemning someone without a trial. Their reasoning and even who those officials are who made the determination to execute someone without a trial will always be kept secret as a "Matter of National Security."

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin