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Title: Herman Cain: Spying on Americans Is Okay, But Not Assassinating Them
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The Atlantic
URL Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics ... not-assassinating-them/239400/
Published: May 25, 2011
Author: The Atlantic
Post Date: 2011-05-25 10:29:06 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 1819
Comments: 6
Herman Cain opposes targeting terrorists who are U.S. citizens for assassination. Expressing surprise and disbelief that the Obama administration has such a policy, the presidential candidate told The Atlantic that Americans accused of terrorist activity should be granted due process, unlike foreigners. "This is the first that I have heard -- you're saying it's okay to take out American citizens if he suspects they are terrorist related. Is that what you said?!" the former Godfather's Pizza CEO said when queried on the topic. "I've got to be honest with you. I have not heard that. I don't believe that the president of the United States should order the assassination of citizens of the United States. That's why we have our court system, and that's why we have our laws." Cain's position put him at odds with the Obama administration policy to target, among others, Anwar al-Awlaki, who in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death has moved up the list as a major target for U.S. anti-terror efforts. Though he suffers from low name recognition, Cain generates strong enthusiasm among voters who get to know him, and performed well in the first GOP candidates debate. A long shot for the nomination, he is all confidence, having declared last week that when he wins the presidency, "we'll all be able to say, free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, this nation is free at last, again!" In order to test that hypothesis, I probed the candidate's positions on executive power and civil liberties in a 22 minute conversation that covered lots of ground but left no time for followup questions.
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#1. To: All (#0)
so Cain would call off attacks targeted at the head of Al Qaeda in Yemen (an American citizen) and any effort to kill any other American citizen fighting with Al Qaeda (e.g. Adam Gaddan). Good luck with that one Mr. Cain.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." So president Cain's first act after inauguration, should be to put out a hit on Helen Thomas?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." I think that the PATRIOT Act is about 90 percent right on. I can't delineate to you exactly what I would want to change, but here again I would rather error on the side of caution and protection, rather than worry about that ten percent that I might have a problem with. Perfect legislation doesn't exist. But I'm happy with legislation that's 90 percent right on especially if it's going to protect the people. has he thought through anything?
"Thats because your basically and idiot." That kind of talk is not going to go over well with the FR crowd.
Wrong answer. No thank you Mr. Cain, you're dismissed.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#2. To: go65 (#1)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: All (#0)
Do you think we still belong in Afghanistan?
I can't answer, because I don't have all the information that the president has in making that determination. Whether or not we should have gone in the first place? That's also is a fuzzy kind of thing. What's the mission in Afghanistan? Based on news reports, going to Afghanistan was supposed to be to help them fight off the Taliban. i think that's the mission, but I'm not sure. If that's the mission the next question is can we win in this fight against the Taliban. I don't know the answer to that. All I know is if you look back in history Russia tried the same thing. And they finally gave up.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#4. To: All (#3)
Is there anything in the PATRIOT Act that bothers you, that you'd want to see reversed, or are you pretty much okay with that legislation?
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#5. To: go65 (#3)
All I know is if you look back in history Russia tried the same thing. And they finally gave up.
#6. To: go65 (#4)
"...I think that the PATRIOT Act is about 90 percent right on..."
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