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Mr. Alwaki was functioning as an officer, commander, and propagandist for Al Queda, an organization in a state of war with the United States. .... GreenLanternCorps

As defined by? Well, we say so. The same people who knew he was a moderate a few years ago. The proof? That's secret. Trust us. ...... Forgotten Amendments

How about: "As defined by Anwar al-Awlaki's OWN MOUTH ON VIDEO TAPE."

Listen to Anwar al-Awlaki yourself.

Read the transcript of what Anwar al-Awlaki said on the video tape yourself to have your eyes confirm what your ears have heard.

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Anwar al-Awlaki May 2010 Interview Video ......

This video of an interview with Anwar al-Awlaki was released on May 23, 2010 by Al-Malahem Media, a reported propaganda unit of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It was posted to YouTube, but was quickly removed due to “terms of use” violations. According to the Associated Press, the American-born al-Awlaki tells his followers to “kill U.S. civillians” . It is presented here for research purposes.

"Nidal Hasan is a student of mine, and I am proud of this. I am proud that there are people like Nidal Hasan among my students. What he did was a heroic act, a wonderful operation. I ask Allah to make him steadfast, to protect him, and to free him. I support what he did, and I call upon anyone who calls himself a Muslim, and serves in the US army, to follow in the footsteps of Nidal Hasan."

"Interviewer: Do you support such operations, even though they target what the media calls “innocent civilians”?

Anwar Al-Awlaki: Yes.

With regard to the issue of “civilians,” this term has become prevalent these days, but I prefer to use the terms employed by our jurisprudents. They classify people as either combatants or non-combatants. A combatant is someone who bears arms – even if this is a woman. Non-combatants are people who do not take part in the war. The American people in its entirety takes part in the war, because they elected this administration, and they finance this war."

Yeah, he was a sympathizer for sure. But all this stuff about being an “officer” or planning the underwear bomber's (ridiculous) mission ... how do we know that?

Because some “Curveball” character told us?

Because it got tortured out of someone?

All I *know* is that he was a nut with a webcam and some nasty connections. Anything else, I have to take on faith from my government. That's not how it's supposed to work.

It must be nice to think you live in a country with a government so nice that they will make unaccountable decisions of life and death and always be just.

The problem with the evidence you posted is that al-Alwaki acknowledges responsibility for being Nidal Hasan's teacher or leader, and yet Nidal Hasan is not being treated as a "combatant" or "non-combatant" of any kind. In fact, the U.S. government has gone to great lengths to avoid calling his attack on fellow U.S. soldiers "terrorism" or anything of that sort.

In fact, a formal count of treason is conspicuously absent from the charges that have been filed against him. Hmmm.

Why the difference between the treatment of these two, especially in light of the well-documented communications between Hasan and al-Alwaki about violence against U.S. citizens?