License to Kill

Apparently Obama has given the go-ahead to kill al-Awlaki, a guy living in Yemen who was born in the U.S.

Some people argue that he's entitled to due process before he's killed, particularly because he's a citizen.

In the Civil War, the Union side killed a lot of American citizens. Without much due process. Mostly it was called battle. I suppose the government could make a case that al-Awlaki is in a state of war with the U.S. It sounds like that's the situation to me.

But I'd like to hear someone in the government make the case for what it's worth
before they erase him off the face of the earth.