Quote Originally Posted by FoxtArt View Post
I'll ETA: The classification points are good arguments... still, can't sensitive information be redacted as is the norm for public release of sensitive/CUI/TC/TSC information? We're talking less about the intelligence here, and more about the legal justification for an executive ordering death. Shouldn't that legal justification be public?
I would like the legal justification to be public but since the justification is likely based on sensitive intelligence and would need to cite that intelligence extensively in order follow the legal reasoning, what we'd get after redaction to make it publicly releasable would probably be unsatisfying to most people. I expect it would be something along the lines of, "The boats in question were located at XXXXXXX by means of XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX which constitutes a threat to national security. XXXXXXX is XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. The US is therefore justified in the use of deadly force." Probably several paragraphs (or pages) of XXXXXXXXXXX.