[ceejayoz]

> An extrajudicial killing of a political opponent certainly falls outside of scope.

There wasn't all that much fuss when we did it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki.

[sowut]

while i appreciate he was a US citizen, i fail to see how it applies to our conversation

[ceejayoz]

What legal theory makes this offing of a US citizen extrajudicially on national security grounds different?

[sowut]

this is an extreme example that really needs no explanation