More Rocket, Less Docket
For those of us inclined to view al-Qaeda as an enemy rather than a cabal of defendants, justice is best achieved with Predator drones. Missile strikes better reflect due process — the process that is due — for jihadists who target civilians in wartime.
Andrew C. McCarthy at NRO
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When Obama officials speak of “bringing terrorists to justice,” they mean prosecuting them in civilian trials.
Quite clearly, killing civilians is still al-Qaeda’s modus operandi.
The latest plots against America and the West reaffirm that the threat to our security comes mostly from places — Yemen, northwest Pakistan, Somalia — where U.S. intelligence capabilities are paltry. We are deeply dependent on foreign services. Those services know full well that our civilian due-process rules make it very tough to conceal intelligence methods and sources. Our allies will be less apt to tell us secrets if they fear we cannot keep secrets.
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