Yes. It is my understanding that the nephew of al-Awlaki, also a US citizen, was engaged with the resistance on the ground. Not that that's necessarily okay the

Yes. It is my understanding that the nephew of al-Awlaki, also a US citizen, was engaged with the resistance on the ground. Not that that's necessarily okay then to kill without a trial but the argument for assassinating him is perhaps slightly easier for the administration to make.