Islamist cleric Anwar Awlaki killed in Yemen

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot

The guy was a rebel and a traitor. Good riddance.

You don't get to deny someone their constitutional right to due process just because they're a jerk, a psychopath, you're overwhelmingly convinced of their guilt or even if they admit to their guilt.

There is a difference between a civil war and an assassination. While I shed no tears for another terrorist being turned into a smoking hole in the ground, I'm simply pointing out that this is a bad precedent and a slippery slope.