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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]There is apparently caselaw on this, or at least so the talking heads claim.  I heard an interview on NPR - I think it was with Walter Dellinger, who certainly has pretty decent liberal bona fides - saying that, because the citizen absented himself overseas and we were unable to capture him or otherwise get his participation in US legal processes, he was not "due" any additional process.  I find this fascinating because I, too, thought that due process would require more before an execution.  I have not researched this, but I found Dellinger's perspective fascinating (and a little scary if true).[/quote]

I can't find anything like this on NPR.org. Do you remember what day you heard it? This argument doesn't make sense on the face of it. There were no legal proceedings in which al-Awlaki could participate. That is the basis of my complaint. The government indicted bin Laden. He was obviously no more available to the government then al-Awlaki. Why was bin Ladin given more due process than an American citizen?

It seems to me that there is a lot of ex post facto justification going on in liberal circles. But, I note that Dellinger also said the attack on Libya was constitutionally legitimate. In fact, it appears that Dellinger is a pretty dependable defender of just about anything Obama does. He was an opponent of warrantless wiretaps when they were done by a Republican, but in favor of unauthorized wars and due process-less killings when done by a Democrat. Sounds like a hack to me.

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