me: "The Obama administration has crafted a legal argument for the targeted killing of a U.S. citizen if an "informed, high-level official" decides he is a ranking member of al-Qaeda who poses "an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States,""
him: Oooo, I like this
But I think it doesn't cover the middle ground
me: yeah what if I decide someone is a threat to my cookies?
him: If the "informed, high-level official" only believes them to be "an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States" I think he should have the right to throw a black bag over his head, put him in the back of a van, and move him to an undisclosed location for questioning
We wouldn't want to kill an innocent after all
me: hrm...
would he personally have the right or would it have to be done by another non-informed, lower-level person?
Because the more people you tell the less secure you are
him: Well of course he could delegate
me: (oh btw speaking of killing people and not telling them.... check out misfits.... warning mature audiences only)
can he delegate the decision?
him: As a highly informed person he could delegate the whole process to whoever he wanted
me: because if I'm an informed-high-level-cookie I don't want to spend my time making decisions about small fry
him: Exactly
Heck, if there seem to be a lot of these people he might even make a department out of it
Of course it would have to be off the books, wouldn't want spies finding out about it
me: also what defines high level?
shoelace length?
my shoelaces are really long and lots of people try and take my cookies and I've got a department of little kids to delegate to
him: Duuuuuude
me: I'm sure they've thought of all these things already though. It is probably on the post-it that fell off the document that they gave to the guys who leaked the info to the guys who would write about it
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