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American jihadist?s haven may be U.S. courtroom

By Alliance Alert

Ann Woolner writing at Bloomberg: "Known for English-language Internet sermons urging jihad on Americans, [Anwar al-Awlaki] has crossed the line from propagandist to become a leading al-Qaeda operative, authorities say . . . President Barack Obama?s administration earlier this year authorized his killing . . . Does an American abroad, who isn?t on a battlefield fighting fellow Americans, have the same protection as he does at home not to be killed by the government? Under what circumstances would such a killing be legal? Who gets to draw up the rules? Those are the questions posed by a lawsuit filed this week by two civil liberties group on behalf of the cleric?s father against Obama and other administration officials." | ACLU Press Release; Complaint in Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, No. 10cv10-1469

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 03, 2010 (boomark / email).