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>Specifically, we are not entitled to perform summary executions Obama authorizes assassination of U.S. citizen: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_green

• tptacek 16y ago
  The accusation that Obama might authorize the extrajudicial killing of Julian Assange is impossible to refute, and thus very boring to discuss. But very few people outside of the right wing fever swamps would draw a direct equivalence between Assange and an active, productive member of Al Qaeda. (The argument about whether al-Alwaki is or isn't part of Al Qaeda is even more boring than the argument about whether someone who posts embarassing things on the Internet might be killed).
  • mcantelon 16y ago
    I wasn't saying an assassination of Assange is likely, just responding to the statement "we have actual laws that the government has to follow". The US state legally permits itself to kill anyone.
  • rbanffy 16y ago
    > But very few people outside of the right wing fever swamps would draw a direct equivalence between Assange and an active, productive member of Al Qaeda It all hinges on pissing off the wrong person.