Originally Posted by
LHS
Don't get me wrong, I agree that radical Islamists need a hefty dose of face-shooting. That said, if you open the door to depriving Americans of due process for this, it makes it that much easier to do it for, say, "radical right-wing fundamentalists", i.e. anyone who thinks a Constitutionally limited government is a good thing. There's a ton of Al-Awlaki's crap on the internet, how hard would it be to convict him of aiding and abetting the enemy? The guy made no pretense about what he was doing, so why the need for this kind of 'because I said so' pseudo-justification?