Dung,
Maybe we are going to make some progress. Now that we have cut through all the name calling and emotional rhetoric from those who are upset by my point.
What specifically do you have a problem with regarding PresidentObama's drone program?
(1) We don't know pursuant to what legal autority the President claims to have the power to kill U.S. citizens.
(2) We don't know under what specific circumstances the President claims his exercise of those powers is legitimate, other than what was revealed in the white paper that the press got hold of a short while ago.
(3) Even assuming the President has the authority to kill U.S. citizens in certain circumstances, the white paper suggests that the president can exercise this authrity under circumstances in which there is no imminent threat to the United States or its citizens (other than the one targeted for killing) under an reasonable definition of the term "imminent."
(4) We don't know whether there is any territorial restriction on the drone program as relates to U.S. citizens because the Administration has not released the legal memos outlining its scope and the legal authority for it.
(5) Because we don't know pursuant to what legal authority the President claims the power, we dont' know if the President believes that Congress can do anythign about it. If he claims the power pursuant to Article II, then he's basically saying that he has the power to kill U.S. citizens and Congress can't do anythign about it. That's, well, problematic.
. . . and cetera, but there's a good start.
Also, too, what Ron Wyden said:
Mr. President, what it comes down to is every American has the right to know when their government believes that it is allowed to kill them.
And we don't know.