ACLU? Crickets.

I sure as h*** would not want the Senate involved in any live or kill decisions. They gave us obamacare and cannot even pass a budget!

" America is at that awkward stage. It´s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

a toast to number 3.....how true...but...the clock keeps ticking..no time outs left..

NO ! I am very concerned that the TEA party, or a group of conservatives, or religious group could be targeted just as easily. Heck, why not the Republican convention? I bet not a single democrat or liberal panel of judges would say no to that.
This is a case where a bad guy MAY have to spared to protect the rest of American citizens. We cannot afford to trust this government.

Anything that involves Dianne Feinstein is going to be stupid beyond belief, as this is.

Stupid point 1: Assassination will become a common way to rid the government of dissenters, both foreign and domestic. The powermongers will become fascinated with the technology and want to use it.

Stupid point 2: If a real, legitimate target is spotted, he will be halfway around the world before these idiots get done discussing how and why he should be killed and after a call to Sean Penn.

Our plight is hopeless until #3´s solution is implemented.

The media once again is thoroughly confusing the issue. First of all, a lot of the knee jerk reaction is to the word drone. It implies that some soulless machine is killing people, a half-step away from Skynet. But, by definition, a drone has no pilot. These are not drones, they are remotely-piloted vehicles (RPVs). Second, let´s put ourselves in the wayback machine to World War II. If a US soldier had deserted and was in some German command post, actively providing intelligence and planning support, would US soldiers be unable to shoot at or shell the German camp without a judge´s approval? Would the air force be unable to bomb the German camp without a judge´s approval? Of course not. Now, there is a formal procedure for surrendering US citizenship -- appear before a US diplomat overseas and sign a formal declaration. But that´s to emphasize the seriousness of the action, and no judge is involved. I´d say that working for islamofascists is a pretty good de facto surrender of citizenship. If the MSM is afraid that they´ll go overseas and get a missile following them around, maybe they have a good reason. I don´t like scumbama having the power to do anything, but this isn´t about that maroon. It´s about the *war* on terror.

If we can just fight future wars with a committee of our betters and a swarm drones, we could get rid of most of our standing army and naval fleet. In this way, all that DoD money could be directed to entitlements ( vote buying ).

One more thing -- the lefties are upset about this because they view terrorists as civilian criminals, not military combatants. If conservatives align with the lefties on this, then they´re signing up, now and forever, to treat terrorists as criminals, not combatants.

If we were to try to do things logically we would terminate the citizenship of anyone who joins the country´s enemies. Ahem...you are no longer a citizen. You´re dead.

I´d be willing to consider the idea if Diane Feinstein was first on the list.

We can remove the president, but not judges. Will there be judicial proceedings on individual enemy combatants? Will the enemy combatant have a court appointed attorney and adversarial proceedings, or will the judge´s opinion just be a substitute for the presidents, and the judge now the executive authority? This whole idea is nonsense.

Not to worry. This will be gone as soon as a Pubbie is elected C-in-C.
No s/ intended.

People keep forgetting one little aspect of the entire argument

WE ARE NOT AT WAR!

When we are in a Declared War, this may be the thing to do. Until that time, I see this as a slippery slope to attack Anyone that is Declared a "threat" (by a definition that could easily be changed) to the .gov.

Either declare a war with whomever or get the he!! Out of these backwaters.

How can any of this be compared to WWII? Sorry I don´t see it. We are living Orwell´s Endless War.

This is just an endless Vietnam and guess what, they´ll have our daughters and granddaughters dying for ´the cause´ real soon.

Maybe we could combine them with the Death Panels.

Confucius wisdom must be found some where... Aye! found it.

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

So left leaning judges can notify the Islamicists in time to get out of town?

"A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” -- even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S"
Keywords: an associated force..which can mean whatever Obama wants it to mean.
Reminder: Napalitano´s Homeland Security List of potential terrorists included returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, and the TEA party.