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[quote=Anonymous]I will admit that I was on the fence about the targeting of Anwar Al-Awlaki.  Perhaps there may be some cases where a person who openly claims to attack the US should be targeted because it's effectively an admission of guilt, and we could discuss whether he in fact did so.

But I am more disturbed about the principle put forth by Eric Holder, namely that these individuals are entitled to due process, just not always "judicial due process".  The reason is that the guarantor of due process is the judicial branch of government.  The notion that the executive branch of government - be it state, local, or federal - can monitor its own function clearly upends the very principle of separation of powers.  In this way it is no different than warrantless wiretaps (bad enough IMO) except for two things in my mind:

(1) AFAIK we don't have any boundaries on how wide this principle could be applied.  I'd argue that this is even broader and more vague than the wiretapping, fewer relevant laws (FISA).
(2) The result of the policy is irreversible and ultimate.  Wiretapping is information gathering.  Death is forever.[/quote]

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