Drone strikes kill suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen

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9. That is an answer, but how is it different than assuming a person is guilty

simply because the police are asking a person questions?

You could say what you said of any suspect. If the police think they did it, they should simply be trusted because they "know their job".

The problem is that they CAN'T be trusted as we know and that is why their is a separate judicial branch.

In the case of war, it used to be clear because people chose to wear uniforms.

This is not war. It is much more akin to crime --more specifically "thought crimes" because the people we are targeting are often guilty only of their associations and not actual acts.

So where is the analogous organ that functions as a separate judicial branch?