What is the criminal penalty under the rules of land warfare for being a saboteur or a spy?
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I think that is ripe coming from republicans/conservatives who bitched and > moaned when Obama wanted to close gitmo and put terrorists on trial and > throw them in jail if and when convicted. I remember quite a few here > and > elsewhere saying we should just summarily execute them. So now that Obama > is doing that, all of a sudden he is a bad guy? You guys need to get your > story straight. You sound as bad as Mitt. Oh, and BTW...most liberals > have > criticized Obama for the drone strikes. Unlike most republicans, we don't > goosestep with our guy...we also criticize him when it is warranted. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:23 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: GOP caught lying about Benghazi attack. Caught again. > > > "Yeah, because it is always a good idea to kill people rather than seek > justice. Innocent until proven guilty don't count if someone can make > political hay by ignoring it." > > Tread lightly on the subject if you're a lefty and love Obama. > > Dude is droning weddings and funerals. Then there is the infamous "double > tap" drone strikes. > > Interesting article by Stanford and NYU law schools: > > http://livingunderdrones.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Stanford_NYU_LIVING_ > UNDER_DRONES.pdf > > > A key feature of the Obama administration's use of drones has been a > reported expansion in the use of "signature" strikes. Between 2002 and > 2007, the Bush administration reportedly focused targeted killings on > "personality" > strikes targeting named, allegedly high-value leaders of armed, non-state > groups like Salim Sinan al Harethi and Nek Mohammad.51 Under Obama, the > program expanded to include far more "profile" or so-called "signature" > strikes based on a "pattern of life" analysis.52 According to US > authorities, these strikes target "groups of men who bear certain > signatures, or defining characteristics associated with terrorist activity, > but whose identities aren't known."53 Just what those "defining > characteristics" are has never been made public. In 2012, the New York > Times paraphrased a view shared by several officials that "people in an > area > of known terrorist activity, or found with a top Qaeda operative, are > probably up to no good."54 The Times also reported that some in the > Obama > administration joke that when the CIA sees "three guys doing jumping > jacks," > they think it is a terrorist training camp.55 > > --- > > One interviewee stated that, "after the drones, people can't go and talk > with or sit with anybody at any time. And so they [face great difficulty > carrying] on their business and their families."571 One man who lost a > cousin in the March 17, 2011 jirga strike, explained: > > We do not come out of our villages because it's very dangerous to go out > anywhere. . . . In past we used to participate in activities like wedding > gatherings [and] different kinds of jirgas, different kinds of funerals. . > . > . We used to go to different houses for condolences, and there were all > kinds of activities in the past and we used to participate. > But now it's a risk to go to any place or participate in any activities.572 > > The fears the interviewees described were not limited to ceremonial > gatherings or other large group activities. Many said that they were > afraid > even to congregate in groups or receive guests in their home > > --- > > According to the Associated Press and the New York Times, the President > acts > as the final decision maker, at least with respect to the decision to > carry > out "personality strikes" targeting named individuals. > > --- > > A good read. > > Barack Obama, what a guy. > > J > > - > > Those politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are > fighting for a lower standard of l > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
