Ex-Carter AG: Targeted killings troublesome

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Carter administration attorney general said Thursday he finds it very troublesome that drones have been used to kill terrorist suspects such as U.S.-born extremist Anwar al-Awlaki.

Former Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti made the remark at an American Bar Association conference. He and three other former attorneys general were discussing legal issues surrounding the killing of U.S. citizens in the war on terror.

Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder outlined a three-part test for determining when a targeted killing of a U.S. citizen is legal. Holder says the government must determine, after careful review, that the citizen poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the U.S., that capture is not feasible and that the killing would be consistent with laws of war.

"I find the use of drones, even under the pre-conditions that Attorney General Holder controls, to be very troublesome, and I also think that they are a slippery slope," said Civiletti.

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1. "TROUBLESOME"???

Yeah, I guess crimes against humanity and lethal violations of the Constitution could be considered "troublesome."

[Politicalboi]

2. I have no problems with this

If you turn against America, and you mean it harm, then they have every right to blow your ass up.

[dballance]

3. I agree - But what objective jurist is making the determination you've become a traitor?

The President is not supposed to be judge and jury. That's why they call it he "executive" branch, not the judiciary.