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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 03:37 PM Feb 2013

Every American has the right to know when their government believes that it is allowed to kill them

Every American has the right to know when their government believes that it is allowed to kill them.
The Justice Department memo that was made public yesterday touches on a number of important issues, but it leaves many of the most important questions about the President's lethal authorities unanswered. Questions like 'how much evidence does the President need to decide that a particular American is part of a terrorist group?', 'does the President have to provide individual Americans with the opportunity to surrender?' and 'can the President order intelligence agencies or the military to kill an American who is inside the United States?' need to be asked and answered in a way that is consistent with American laws and American values. This memo does not answer these questions.

http://www.docudharma.com/diary/32055/these-are-the-memos-you-want
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Every American has the right to know when their government believes that it is allowed to kill them (Original Post) kpete Feb 2013 OP
Message auto-removed ZombieHunter Feb 2013 #1
From what I understand, the memo states our Government rustydog Feb 2013 #2
Every American should has a right to be free of death by government = pursuit of happiness Coyotl Feb 2013 #3
+1 aptal Feb 2013 #4

Response to kpete (Original post)

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
2. From what I understand, the memo states our Government
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:00 PM
Feb 2013

can accuse an American Citizen of being a terrorist cel member and, declare they are an imminent threat even if that threat does not exist, and order the American Citizen's execution. Our government believes we can send in killers or send up a drrone into a foreign nation and assasinate Americans they have decided are "evildoers" and do not have to worry abouut such burdens as evidence, due process, search warrants....

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
3. Every American should has a right to be free of death by government = pursuit of happiness
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:05 PM
Feb 2013

If we concede the assumption that government has a right to kill, all is lost. We should aspire to a future with no government anywhere ever having a right to kill anyone.

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