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White House reportedly struggling to target US citizen with drone attack
foxnews.com ^ | 2/10/14 | unknown

Posted on 02/10/2014 6:37:39 AM PST by armydawg505

WASHINGTON – An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year.

The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he's a U.S. citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it hasn't completed.

Four U.S. officials said the American suspected terrorist is in a country that refuses U.S. military action on its soil and that has proved unable to go after him. And President Barack Obama's new policy says American suspected terrorists overseas can only be killed by the military, not the CIA, creating a policy conundrum for the White House.

Two of the officials described the man as an Al Qaeda facilitator who has been directly responsible for deadly attacks against U.S. citizens overseas and who continues to plan attacks against them that would use improvised explosive devices.

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21 posted on 02/10/2014 7:14:35 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: armydawg505

“SRUGGLING”????

Struggling because he’s US citizen??? or Terrorist????


22 posted on 02/10/2014 7:16:12 AM PST by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: LyinLibs

“Soebarkah?”

Byrds leader Jim McGuin changed his name to Roger during a brief fling with the Subud cult.


23 posted on 02/10/2014 7:17:14 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: armydawg505

baraq is struggling about killing a muslim.
The murders in Benghazi were muslims and to this day have not been punished.

Punish his enemies and reward his friends.


24 posted on 02/10/2014 7:19:13 AM PST by Texas resident
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25 posted on 02/10/2014 7:21:38 AM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: keat

bttt


26 posted on 02/10/2014 7:23:40 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: armydawg505

hussein has a tough time deciding to take out one of his sons....


27 posted on 02/10/2014 7:24:49 AM PST by onedoug
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To: from occupied ga

So an American terrorist in a third world hellhole is a threat to the US.

But non-Americans with ties to terror organizations and activities are safe to allow into our country as immigrants.

The world according to bam bam.


28 posted on 02/10/2014 7:25:52 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: armydawg505

The decision would be easy if the target was the leader of a Tea Party based militia. It’s only difficult because the fearless leader does not consider a fellow Muslim a bad guy.


29 posted on 02/10/2014 7:36:40 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: armydawg505

Just give his name a location to Hillary.


30 posted on 02/10/2014 8:07:02 AM PST by TimF
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To: from occupied ga

If they want to, they will do all of that anyway regardless of geographic location.

At this point, this dirtbag needs to be put into a bag in the dirt. He is working overseas to kill americans and just as the GITMO detainees do not merit due process, neither does he.

There were american citizens who fought for the Nazis in WWII and we didn’t wring our hands over killing them on the battlefield; we killed them as enemy combatants. Muslim terrorists deserve no less.

Now, is Obama using this to bolster his image; you bet he is but that makes no difference either. Those of us who understand that he is the enemy are not going to look more highly on him if he kills this POS through whatever means. Those who now look at him favorably, regardless, will still admire him for his “bravery”.


31 posted on 02/10/2014 8:09:10 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: armydawg505

If this administration can convince the American people that a dead border patrol agent is the result of a fake scandal, and that the IRS didn’t target conservatives, certainly they can convince them of a ‘failed robbery attempt.” They don’t need drones.

This is hand wringing self-righteousness for consumption by the masses.


32 posted on 02/10/2014 8:18:31 AM PST by Chaguito
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To: keat
I am highly suspicious of this public hand-wringing by our Socialist leader. He is up to something.

Ya think?

Get the American people's buy-in to drone out an American enemy combatant abroad.

Then any American enemy combatant abroad.

Then any American enemy supporter abroad.

Then any American Enemy combatant who has returned to US soil.

Then any American enemy combatant who has returned to US soil.

Then any American enemy supporter who has returned to US soil.

Then any American enemy anywhere.

And any one who isn't wholeheartedly with The One is defined as an enemy...

33 posted on 02/10/2014 8:21:02 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: UCANSEE2
American citizens have rights.

Capture the guy - bring him back the USA and charge him for treason.

34 posted on 02/10/2014 8:23:51 AM PST by expatguy (Donate to "An American Expat in SE Asia")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Why the Hell is this a national news story????

The occupied US government wants buy-in, a legal fig leaf, for killing Americans. First retail, then wholesale.

One does not get buy-in in secret.

35 posted on 02/10/2014 8:24:04 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: from occupied ga
Which is the greater risk, some supposed terrorist or the entire US government with due process gradually removed?

Precisely.

36 posted on 02/10/2014 8:25:49 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: armydawg505

Since we are told that the O admin is struggling, we can say it is a safe bet that this extremist is not a Tea Party guy operating overseas.


37 posted on 02/10/2014 8:27:06 AM PST by dforest
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To: COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; opentalk; ..

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

38 posted on 02/10/2014 8:31:34 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: armydawg505

There is no reason to struggle. As soon as our intelligence folks discover an American working with the jihadis, they refer it to a grand jury. If the evidence pans out, he’s put on trial in absentia. Found guilty of waging war on the US/treason, they are free to drone him when they locate him. Easy enough. It just takes following the protocol.


39 posted on 02/10/2014 8:53:36 AM PST by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: armydawg505

He has a pen and a phone so I don’t see what the problem is.


40 posted on 02/10/2014 9:01:20 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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