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msanthrope

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32. Why do you think Awlaki didn't get due process? The mistake of law and fact I see most on this

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 12:13 PM

Jan 2015

board is the presumption that the due process that Awlaki was entitled to involved an Article III court process while he was a fugitive.

Nothing could be further from the law, and the truth.

As a non-custodial active member of AlQaeda, Awlaki deserved kill or capture. Had he turned himself in (and let's not forget the Yemeni murder conviction) he would have been entitled to all the protections outlined in Boumediene v. Bush.

Let me ask you something---when you get a parking ticket, does your due process rights mean you get an attorney? A grand jury? Or, is your means for redress---your due process--- different than if you commit a felony?

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"It was Anwar al-Awlaki who financed me." [View all] arely staircase Jan 2015 OP

Thanks arely :( Cha Jan 2015 #1

more than a few had a real problem with President Obama removing that particular enemy from the arely staircase Jan 2015 #3

Yes, I know.. poor Awiaki.. ******* monster. Cha Jan 2015 #5

I'll just leave this here... zappaman Jan 2015 #14

I never figured out if the naive bit was an act with thar one nt arely staircase Jan 2015 #35

Hard to tell, ain't it? zappaman Jan 2015 #36

check out this thread JI7 Jan 2015 #2

I had forgotten how shrill Greenwald's defense of that terrorist was. arely staircase Jan 2015 #4

Thanks for the link back to that, JI7.. I just posted arely's update on Anwar al-Awlaki on there. Cha Jan 2015 #7

These guys were undoubtedly liars, poseurs. earthside Jan 2015 #6

cnn reporting it is believed one of the brothers Said (sp?) went to Yemen and met with al-Aelaki arely staircase Jan 2015 #9

Too bad the brother wasn't with him when the drone strike happened. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #12

yes. and arely staircase Jan 2015 #13

They trained years ago. nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #10

Kouachi went to Yemen in the summer of 2011, meeting Awlaki then. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #19

Al awlaki was obviously a terrorist operative to geek tragedy Jan 2015 #8

Well, that would be Glenn Greenwald, who apparently relied on the Bush Administration's assessment msanthrope Jan 2015 #25

I think if Obama had it all to do over again, he;d have killed al-Awlaki sooner if possible. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #11

The FBI tried arresting him in 2002....but the Bush Admin didn't move fast enough, and he got to the msanthrope Jan 2015 #26

I can't get the OP of this thread to even admit Awlaki was a terrorist..... msanthrope Jan 2015 #15

Some people inhabit a different reality... zappaman Jan 2015 #16

No shit. It's a yes or no question---"Is Awlaki a terrorist?" And I get some blither about Bush's msanthrope Jan 2015 #17

Can't say I blame the poster. zappaman Jan 2015 #18

I think I'm just going to ask the question every single time they ask a question of me. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #20

that one thinks 3.2 billion Americans watch rt. nt arely staircase Jan 2015 #21

Okay...that made me laugh....but on a serious note, I'm getting tired of terror-apologia. nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #22

I hope we can put the al-Awaki was murdered business away arely staircase Jan 2015 #23

Check out this truthtopower. msanthrope Jan 2015 #24

the Awlaki apologists are as thin skinned as the Putin apologists arely staircase Jan 2015 #28

TODS msanthrope Jan 2015 #31

#5 made me laugh. zappaman Jan 2015 #39

I think the claim is strange too Renew Deal Jan 2015 #27

Yes, summary execution is so efficient gratuitous Jan 2015 #29

Serious props to you for the allusion to Sir Thomas More's speech (in Bolt's "A Man KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #30

Why do you think Awlaki didn't get due process? The mistake of law and fact I see most on this msanthrope Jan 2015 #32

or in al-Awlaki's case, death on the field of battle he himself chose. arely staircase Jan 2015 #33

Certainly stopped terrorism not. Octafish Jan 2015 #34

The terrorists in France had no problem with it Renew Deal Jan 2015 #41

i'd like to point out Enrique Jan 2015 #37

unfortunately not arely staircase Jan 2015 #38

No, it did not.. but the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was certainly justified. Cha Jan 2015 #42

boy they held onto that money for a looong time. how many years ago m-lekktor Jan 2015 #40