ACLU Sues To Protect Terrorists From Assassination

The ACLU lobbying to protect the rights of terrorists should come as no surprise. Their agenda fits nicely with the Obama administrations penchant for selectively deciding who is and who is not a terrorist. The most glaring proof of this is Nidal Hasan, a radical Muslim, who carried out the Ft. Hood massacre. To prove the point no charges are yet filed and he is still receiving his pay from the Army while in custody. The petition to prevent the assassination of terrorists has been filed by the father of Anwar al-Awlaki who was Nidal Hasan’s mentor. I think I smell something fishy here. Might we conclude that maybe the administration is behind this action? If they will not admit that  Nidal Hasan is a Muslim terrorist, might they also feel that al-Awlaki is not be a terrorist and therefore should be immune from assassination? Sounds  far fetched, but with this administration you never know.  Just my opinion….William McCullough 

The ACLU Sues To Prohibit Targeted Killing Of Foreign And U.S. Born Terrorists

By : Adam J. White – The Weekly Standard, August 31, 201

Legal activist groups filed an extraordinary lawsuit yesterday to prevent the U.S. military and CIA from undertaking the “targeted killing” of persons suspected of posing a terrorist threat to the U.S. The filers are asking the court to block not merely the targeted killing of U.S. citizens overseas—the subject of much press coverage of the suit—but of all foreign terrorists, as well.

According to the complaint, filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C. by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), “outside of armed conflict, both the Constitution and international law prohibit targeted killing except as a last resort to protect against concrete, specific, and imminent threats of death or serious physical injury.” The ACLU and CCR brought the suit on behalf of Nasser al-Aulaqi, whose American son in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, reportedly has been targeted by the United States for his connections to the 9/11 hijackers, the Fort Hood shooter, and others. 

The complaint focuses great attention on the fact that al-Awlaki is in Yemen: “The United States is not at war with Yemen, or within it.” This is a remarkably incorrect statement. Of course the United States has not declared war on the nation of Yemen, but the Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed by Congress in response to the attacks of 9/11 specifically authorize the president “to use all necessary and appropriate force” against all “persons” and “organizations” (and not just nations) whom “he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.”  In other words, if the president determines that al-Awlaki or anyone else either committed those acts himself or is part of the organization that did, then the president is authorized to use military force against him. And that is in addition to the executive branch’s independent constitutional authority to use military force in defense of the nation— whether in Yemen or anywhere else. Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/groups-sue-prohibit-targeted-killing-foreign-and-us-born-terrorists