I don't like the killing by a drone (to easy for it to be misused), I am less ok with the killing of his 16-year-old son, and even less so for his daughters kil

I don't like the killing by a drone (to easy for it to be misused), I am less ok with the killing of his 16-year-old son, and even less so for his daughters killing. But... It seems he was a member of al-Qaeda, and the "Public Law 107–40 107th Congress Joint Resolution" passed by congress did authorize: > That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force > against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, > authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on > September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to > prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States > by such nations, organizations or persons. That does seem to authorize extra-judical killing in this case. I am not really happy about any of this, but since we are talking legalities, this seems to apply. https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ40/PLAW-107publ40.pdf