Thread:Comments:US federal judge dismisses targeted killing lawsuit/Should Anwar al-Awlaki be the subject of targeted killing by the United States government?/reply

It's not like a wanted man in the US, where marshals can corner him in a hotel room and be pretty sure he's not going to be stupid enough to take on a team of armed men.

From the linked Wikipedia page, which includes links to sources: "Espousing violence or providing financial support to al-Qaeda do not meet the threshold, officials said, but providing training to would-be terrorists or helping them get to al-Qaeda camps probably would." According to the US government, he is at the very least in close contact with (and probably surrounded by) armed groups and assisting them directly in carrying out or making preparations to carry out attacks.

Added to his own statements that he will not surrender, and further challenging the US to "look for [him]", I think his father/the ACLU/etc. care more about his being targeted than he himself does.

With the information that I have, I'd say I agree with the targeting.