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I've never thought of being shot as a violation of my privacy.

I thought that was interesting. Also, I'm not sure why we need a specific law on the books to prevent people from being summarily executed by the government without due process. It's substantially disturbing that it might be necessary though.

The problem is we are already executing American citizens overseas with drones without trial or due process. They may have been terrorists but they are still citizens and have a right to defend themselves against the charges presented to them.

It's not a huge stretch that someone could be considered a domestic terrorist and be targeted.

The rules of war on a battlefield are not and cannot be the same as the rules of civilized society. The problem is that today the two have become far too mixed, and the boundaries of what is a battlefield during a time of war have become indistinct and blurry. To the extent that basically anything outside US borders can fit the bill at any given time, depending on the circumstances.

I would say that this definitely goes way too far and we'll probably need a constitutional amendment to fix it.

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