On the substance of the article, I thought it was very good. These are important issues.

However, we do still face the very serious problem of what to do about American citizens who are waging war against their own country, while living in a foreign land. There's no question that if we discovered them in this country, they would have to go on trial for treason. But suppose they are living in, say, Yemen, where our ability to lay hands on them is severely limited, perhaps non-existent. Do our constitutional guarantees extend that far?

Many people suggest that - in effect - we give them a constitutional pass, and continue to allow them to wage war against the United States with impunity. Indeed, many go so far as to suggest that their presence next to a non-U.S. citizen who is also waging war against the the U.S. should shield the non-citizen, lest we kill the U.S. citizen as well.

If we accept this model, how does the Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy sort this out?

Exactly what should have been done with Anwar al-Aulaqi?


Edited 1 time by nessus2 09/04/12 11:01.