Tornado Alley (PROG)

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tpbbls -- yes, and the rest of that whole complex of issues -- important disappointments/disagreements with Obama on some of those, yes -- but his administration has been a substantial improvement over dubya&co -- and, almost certainly not coincidentally, a lot more effective than they were to boot -- I've said http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=62768966 ; can't say I consider Awlaki a particularly good test case for defining the limit to such action -- to a(n even) greater extent now than when that article was published, I believe it's fair to say, he's pretty fucking open and notorious, and not just in terms of exercising his First Amendment rights

in any event:

Anwar al-Awlaki Targeted By U.S. Drones
May 6, 2011
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/anwar-al-awlaki-targeted-us-drones-osama-bin/story?id=13549218 [with comments]

ACLU, CCR drop suit over al-Awlaki & 'kill list'
[and whole timeline with blurbs and links]
02/23/11
http://www.securitylawbrief.com/main/2011/02/aclu-ccr-drop-suit-over-awlaki-kill-list.html

Court denies ACLU challenge to drone attack aimed at al-Awlaki
12/07/10
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/12/court-denies-aclu-challenge-drone-attack-aimed-al-aulagi