Declassified memo 'confirms' direct connection between Saudi government and 9/11

Re:Declassified memo 'confirms' direct connection between Sa... by yucky on Monday May 09, 2022 @03:32PM (#31318670)

He was not a combatant though, and he wasn't even in any of the countries we were "at war" with. So if the government can use the pretext of "bad person sides against US Government in Youtube videos" to reach out and assassinate the person anywhere on earth, (because global war on terror = whole globe), then they have de facto denied Constitutional rights to any US citizens who the government chooses to go after, and does not require the US Government to prove anything.

Also, as has already been said in other posts, the Al-Awlaki family begged the US Government for over a year to charge him with a crime, ANY CRIME, so that he could turn himself in and have his day in court. The US Government refused to ever charge him with a crime specifically so they could deny him his rights.

You guys need to stop pretending this was some American killed on a battlefield while shooting at US soldiers. All it does is make you look dishonest, so what is the point?

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Re:Declassified memo 'confirms' direct connection between Sa... by trevorboaconstr on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @01:15AM (#31323699)

Are you going to cite any of this, at all, about the statements made by Awlaki’s family?

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Re:Declassified memo 'confirms' direct connection between Sa... by yucky on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @10:11AM (#31327347)

Yes, it's been linked twice for you already. Please read back through the thread. You can reference the lawsuit and the public statements made prior to the assassination.

Now, are you ever going to answer why the US Government never bothered to charge him with a crime?

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