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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)26. Someone actively involved in a crime
endangering or threatening the lives of others and who reuses to surrender to a legal authority can be engaged using deadly force by law enforcement officers.
So, if that terrorist is in the U.S., and law enforcement was involved, probable cause would be necessary for deadly force.
A terrorist in the hills of Afghanistan or in a house in Yemen is not being pursued by law enforcement, and the military (excepting only valid members of the military police) are not law enforcement officers and have no law enforcement powers. They work under rules of engagement set by the Pentagon with the guidance of the Secretary of Defense and the President.
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I think if he would have surrendered peacefully, or at least released his hostage,
Sheldon Cooper
Feb 2013
#1
oh, good lord yes! This whole story gives me chlls of horror...I can only imagine
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#6
I think they had gone as far as they could go with him and had a strong inkling that he
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#12
I believe Pakistan furnished information about OBL's location. On the sly, as it were.
randome
Feb 2013
#44
Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S., Sherry Rehman denies your "secret" agrremnt.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#47
So if this is true, why isn't the government of Pakistan saying it? Why an ambassador?
randome
Feb 2013
#51
Do you have any proof for that other than the fact that the government said so?
Recursion
Feb 2013
#27
No, but I also am at worst ambivalent about drone strikes against Americans in arms against the US
Recursion
Feb 2013
#39
At the point that they had to go in and rescued the child the man did not deserve a trial
madokie
Feb 2013
#11
People like Jimmy Lee Dykes are their own judge, jury, and executioner...
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#21
Dykes was a true "imminent" threat. Al-Awaki's teenage kid, not so much.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#30
Because he really did pose an imminent threat to the child as well as to the police.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#59