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I disagree; the word "abroad" above implies this justification only holds off of U.S. soil. "National self-defense," further, implies a national security threa
by codex 14y ago
I disagree; the word "abroad" above implies this justification only holds off of U.S. soil. "National self-defense," further, implies a national security threat, which one fugitive clearly is not. He is also not a member of al-Qa'ida, and I that language seems specific to that organization.
I agree with your point about due process; it does not take a presidential order to kill an alleged cop-killer; cops kill suspects all the time in the name of self defense or danger to others.
- logn 14y agoFrom the memo: "There is little judicial or other authoritative precedent that speaks directly to the question of the geographic scope of a non-international armed conflict [...] the myopic focus on the geographic nature of an armed conflict in the context of the transnational counterterrorist combat operations serves to frustrate that purpose"
- anigbrowl 14y agoThey mean as opposed to within the borders of Afghanistan. As you may recall, drones have been heavily employed in Pakistan, and to a lesser extent in Yemen.
- logn 14y agoOk, maybe that's what they mean. There's no reasoning they make which would assure that this can't happen on US soil.