I understand the outrage expressed here but don't share it in this case. We don't know what might have been tried. Yemen is a difficult situation and if they allowed us to operate there (i.e. SEALS mission) or we did it without their permission, the ramifications could well have consequences that would not be good for US interests.

I do not classify you or Bowser as terrorists or any of the other unsavory things you mentioned. You are both thoughtful men of good conscience and we disagree on this items.

I personally believe that Al whatever his name is has encouraged terrorism and murder within the US and has caused murder. He was born in Yemen. The US can take away the citizenship of any person who commits crimes of that nature or treason and as far as I'm concerned, that terrorist abrogated his citizenship and all rights associated with it when he began encouraging terrorist to kill US citizens.

Having just reviewed the Constitution for VRB's other thread, I see that we did deny a US citizen (I think two of them) due process. We should have revoked their citizenship first and maybe done a trial in absentia. However, as a practical matter, I do believe they are attempting to protect more American citizens (i.e. you and me) from getting killed. It's a sticky area and you have a valid argument.

That said, I still support what they did because we are at war with terrorists and anyone working with them is fair game. I think during WWII, Korea or VietNam, any American cooperating with the enemy would have been fair game, too, unless they voluntarily came back to US territory for trial. It is not incumbent upon us to risk our soldier's live to capture them.