> as he was murdered in a foreign country, no court in the US has jurisdiction for the president to be prosecuted You're underestimating the creativity of pros

> as he was murdered in a foreign country, no court in the US has jurisdiction for the president to be prosecuted You're underestimating the creativity of prosecutors. :) For example, they could have charged him with conspiracy to commit murder in any location where Obama met with others to discuss killing al-Awlaki. Or a future president, like Trump, could have pressured a federal prosecutors to bring charges in Federal Court, since they can bring charges for crimes committed against Americans globally.