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You are a u.s. citizen, you get your rights. he was born in the united states and held two citizenships and there is a point if you are too far to the right you get to the far left and that is where congressman paul is, this is just crazy. this man is behind a number of terror plots with in connection to, he is an enemy combatant and we are on the battlefield. and in a war. >>dave: i applaud what the president did but the same justice department that wanted to prosecute c.i.a. interrogation for ...

Complaints about that? >> i think its all bologna. look, this is not a judicial process. this is war. as long as these individuals have some imminent danger against americans either directly or indirectly, we are well within the bounds of international law by taking them out, whether theyre u.s. citizens or not. u.s. citizens fought on the side of germany in world war ii. we had no problem with killing them. the international law is very clear on this. the administration, to their credit, have g...

Operations, you have a good case to bring them down. >> look, the individual killed beside him, they published an article in "inspire" magazine, why i turned trader to america. other articles included "how to build a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." when you start encouraging that and building underwear bombs and bring down u.s. airliners, i dont see where the argument is that you have lack due process. you are an enemy combatant. >> we should have a weird third country trial. what is he talkin...

He is an enemy combatant. there is no way to serve him with indictment or a warrant if you wanted to, because he is in the yemen. but the policy of killing the guys rather than capturing them is ill-conceived because you want to find out what they know. obama is afraid to bring the guys back because its somehow portion to put them in gitmo than to kill them. this is another place i agree with kirsten. but the idea that the constitution bars this, i dont get it. the constitution charges the presi...

Due process. you have identified yourself as an enemy combatant. i mean, its pretty clear. >> i guess ron paul should say we should have one of these weird little third world trials in absentia, where you try the person before you target them. >> theres no mystery here. this is someone who has acknowledged the role. theres no question about the guilt. >> now back to richard. it looks -- let me -- ill go to richard first. it seems like the cia is doing its job under petraeus, following up on the ...

An andrea. after killing bin laden, i think awlaki was really the number two target. no one was more important to protecting the united states. it wasnt just him being an inspiration -- >> okay, that was not ron paul. lets go to this question. it seems to me if someones in the field, their operations, theyre doing operations, not just propaganda, it seems to me youve got a good case to bring them down. >> yeah, look, the individual who was killed alongside him, the other american, sameer chan, p...

since osama bin laden. the breaking news this hour, were learning more about the air strike in yemen that killed anwar al-awlaki. first, a reminder of why this american born cleric was so dangerous. president obama says he took the lead in planning to murder americans. hes been linked to those terror suspects of the decade including the so-called underwear bomber, the accused ft. hood attacker, three of the 9/11 hijackers and the man who allegedly tried to blow up a car in times square...

independently. al awalaki was a top member of al qaedaing and personally declared war on the u.s. a missile from the u.s. drone hit his car in yemen. president obama makes no apology and calls his death a major blow to al qaeda. >> he directed the failed attempt to blow up an airplane on christmas day. in 200 he directed the failed attempt to blow up cargo planes. and he repeatedly called on individuals in the united states and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children ...

For failing to disclose information. no word yet on what sort of attack they are accused of planning. but varies say the plot was in its early stages. a federal appeals court today ruled a 17 year prison sentence for the convicted terrorist jose padilla is not enough. you may recall back in 2007, a jury found pa dea and two others guilty of conspiring to commit murder and supporting terror groups including al qaeda. police had arrested him in chicago in 2002 on suspicion of plotting to set off a...

He was a military target. as a military target, you know, you are going to get killed in an armed conflict. the only question in my mind it seems to me is whether or not did he try to surrender? if he tries to surrender, you have an obligation not to execute him, but, again, in the circumstances as i understand it -- and lets be very clear here, you know, i dont know what i dont know about what really happened. were still unraveling, and the facts seem to change daily, but based on what i have o...