On the death of al-Awlaki [View All]

Ok dad...not nice but there are reams upon reams upon reams of evidence that he was working against the us. There s no disputing that and the targeting has precedent, while not successful. During WW II Tokyo Rose was targeted during the massive bombings of Tokyo. We never got her and after the war she was tried and convicted. There was plenty of evidence against her in radio transmissions to the troops. Here there are reams of video, and a convincing case can be made that he was somewhat successful.

Where we enter a non precedent legal quagmire is the targetting of the son. If the kid was in the same vehicle with dad...well the collateral damage comes in, like the tens of thousands of Japanese. (Tokyo Rose was the best known precedent but they are others, usually falling under the spy threshold, going all the way to the civil war). The son though was not in the same vehicle. He was not gotten in the same day either. But he was hanging out with AQ we are told. Strangely the government is webby, webby quiet. If this was the case...see line about collateral damage.

In the best of cases (legally) that's what happened, but the silence says there might be legal jeopardy. Translation...he was NOT hanging with AQ, opening the window...for yes a wrongful death lawsuit. Oh and just because you are related to a pretty bad person does not mean we can execute you.

Now his dad...there is real precedent...but this...there is not...and their silence speaks volumes.