Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes

Re:Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes by boomboomsubban on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:22PM (#24278773)

>Look I'm no fan of drone strikes in general, but if you leave the United States to go join a terrorist organization and incite violence against the U.S. and other innocent people in other countries like Somalia..you clearly have lost Constitutional protection. We don't give trials for foreign terrorists or armies, that's a given.

So if I accuse you of a bad enough crime due process doesn't matter? Seems like a pretty easy loophole to exploit. And even if you can justify stripping al-Awlaki of his rights, it's pretty hard to justify killing his US citizen 16 year old son.

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Re:Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes by chrisco255 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:12AM (#24279032)

He wasn't merely accused, he was living with Al Quaeda in Yemen. If I move in with Al-Quaeda in Yemen and incite acts of terrorism against America and other civilians in Yemen and Somalia, yes, it doesn't fucking matter. Any Navy SEAL is free to kill me if I ever do something that stupid and criminal. In fact, I'll even pre-posthumously thank him for his service.

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Re:Global Mass Surveillance – The Fourteen Eyes by boomboomsubban on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:45AM (#24280845)

>He wasn't merely accused, he was living with Al Quaeda in Yemen.

Without a trial this can only be considered an accusation. The US government claims this, many other people claim he was never part of a terrorist group. Living in Yemen is not a crime.

>incite acts of terrorism against America and other civilians in Yemen and Somalia, yes, it doesn't fucking matter.

Not only are the claims that he "incited terrorism" overblown, his right to free speech allows him to make such declarations.

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