On Friday it was reported that Al-Qaeda Linked Anwar Al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen in a Joint CIA- U.S. military operation. Al-Awlaki was born in the United States and is an American citizen. He was Put on the CIA’s hit list, and was most likely the first American assassinated Under a Patriot Act law that makes it legal for the CIA to assassinate American citizens who are deemed a threat to national security. While the government is celebrating a victory, I am sitting hear scratching my Head. Yes it is Most likely that Al-Awlaki probably is for the attempted attacks that he is linked to, the only evidence is his on-line bragging, which would not hold up in a court of Law, and Attempted murder does not warrant the death penalty. While I shed no tears for the man, I wonder if this gives the government to Assassinate other American citizens for alleged attempted terrorism. Who’s to say that people won’t be assassinated by the CIA for stepping on the government’s toes.
Terrorist or not, Al-Awlaki is an American citizen and according to the constitution is entitled to due process of law. It alarms me to know that the president has the authority to order the assassination of an American citizen who has been Accused of crimes but has not been found guilty of. Why are Parts of the Patriot Act still in Use? Hasn’t the United States admitted that The Patriot Act is Unconstitutional? The Unites States government was created in a way to insure that no man was above the Law, Not even the president or the head of the CIA. This law and the entire Patriot Act are in total violation of the constitution. The constitution does not give the government the power to assassinate it’s own citizens. The future looks bleak for liberty. The government celebrates victory, while I mourn the passing of Freedom. To quote Padime Amidala in Star wars Episode 3 “So, this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause.”