Obama and his Kill List

The Obama team is in the curious position of either denying any knowledge of a “kill list” or blaming a child for his father’s crimes.

The following is an exchange between Robert Gibbs and activists from We Are Change:

ADAMSON: Do you think the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son is justifiable?

GIBBS: I am not going to get into Anwar al-Awlaki’s son. I know that Anwar al-Awlaki renounced his citizenship.

ADAMSON: His son was still an American citizen. (Also note he was not a member of al Qaeda when he was killed by a drone strike two weeks after his father.)

GIBBS: He did great harm to people in this country and was a regional al Qaeda commander hoping to inflict harm and destruction…

ADAMSON: But it’s an American citizen that is being targeted without due process, without trial. And, he’s underage. He’s a minor.

GIBBS: I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are truly concerned about the well being of their children. I don’t think becoming an al Qaeda jihadist terrorist is the best way to go about doing your business.

The particularly dumbfounding part begins at 2:00.

Part 2: http://youtu.be/zFh0nIYNAyY

(Salon) In a stunning post-debate interview by the nonprofit We Are Change, and flagged by the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, Wasserman Schultz is asked a series of direct question about why President Obama now asserts the unprecedented right to execute American citizens without charge, judge, jury or trial. The sequence of responses is revealing.

When first asked about why her party’s presidential nominee flip-flopped on indefinite detention provisions in his National Defense Authorization Act, she refuses to answer the question by saying, “I didn’t hear that as a subject at the debate.” When subsequently asked about President Obama’s notorious “kill list,” in which he unilaterally executes those (including U.S. citizens) he accuses of terrorism, she insists, “I have no idea what you are talking about,” then smiles and says, “I’m happy to answer any serious questions you have.” When asked, “Why isn’t that serious?” she shuts down the interview by declaring, “Because I have no idea what you are talking about.”

*Here’s hoping that we have more people asking these important questions and holding our leaders accountable. I’m certainly not looking to the MSM to shine any light on this issue! By the way, Gov. Romney, if you would address this issue with some respect towards the rule of law, you might have a chance of winning a few votes from civil libertarians… (Isn’t the U.S. Constitution divinely inspired according to Mormons?)

*I’m not usually a fan of the conspiratorial pandering of We Are Change, but good work is good work.