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Anyone called Al Qaeda or accused of terrorist connections gets marked for death.
What "moral and legal conundrum" could he face, asked The Times. None whatever. On day one in office, he spurned rule of law principles.
He adopted George Bush's ideology. His predecessor called "the Constitution....just a G-damn piece of paper."
Obama feels the same. He's comfortable with "unitary executive" authority. It puts him above the law. Chalmers Johnson called it "a ball-faced assertion of presidential supremacy....dressed up in legalistic mumbo jumbo."
International law is quaint and out-of-date, he believes. Diktat authority replaced it. The former constitutional law professor abandoned what he taught. He campaigned against war and torture. In office, he exceeded the worst of his predecessor.
He usurped the power of life and death, including against US citizens. He's got final "kill list" authority.
Policy prioritizes killing by drones, death squads, or other means. Only eliminating America's enemies matter. Whether real or imagined makes no difference.
The more removed, the greater the number replacing them. According to national security adviser Thomas Donilon:
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