> That's not what was done with Al Awalki. He was on a kill list because it wasn't possible to bring him in alive, because he was hiding in Yemen. Do we have r

> That's not what was done with Al Awalki. He was on a kill list because it wasn't possible to bring him in alive, because he was hiding in Yemen. Do we have rules about foreign assassinations and their legality? I seem to recall in the Clinton years it was considered a big deal to snuff someone in another nation. Often, we've relied on foreign intelligence services -- like Mossad -- to do it for us. I have no idea what I think about droning, except that in my experience, technological ability always takes precedence over legal and moral fictions. In other words, if we can do it, other guys can do it, and so we use it to keep up.