On Drones and Due Process
BY NICHOLAS NEAL In 2011, one of the greatest blows against the sanctity of human life and the rule of law was struck. On September 30th, the Obama administration authorized the assassination of the American-born Al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki. The drone strike in Yemen which killed Awlaki also killed Samir Khan, another U.S. citizen who had been an editor for the Al-Qaeda magazine Inspire. Two weeks later, Anwar al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son was killed in a drone strike