Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

[Ayiekie]

That's pretty hilarious. I'm one of if not the most strident - or at least mouthy - leftists on the board, but call out Obama on ordering the assassination without trial of American citizens and I'm a troll, imbecile, and liar. I imagine certain people are highly amused. As for the links you gave, Wiredgeek... the second (at a quick glance as I'm posting from a mobile) seems to be talking about attempted assassinations of non-US citizens, so it is kind of irrelevant. As for the first, while Bush indeed had such a list, it is my understanding it was never implemented during his time in office, based on other Greenwald posts as well as the NYT article from when the assassination story first broke in April. I can't post links from my mobile but will later this evening if anyone's keen. But really, even if it turns out Obama was only continuing Bush policy by targeting US citizens for assasination without trial... uh, so what? Does that somehow make it less blatantly unconstitutional, less an extreme overreach of executive power, less blatantly evil? Barack Obama the candidate (and, supposedly, his party and most of his supporters) very publically stated that wiretapping American citizens without warrants was a gross violation of their Constitutional rights. Now he is cool with their execution without trial. Even someone loony enough to support him having that power should notice that's a pretty amazing swap of viewpoints for Mr. Constitutional Scholar (and most of his party and supporters).