Glenn Greenwald finds no possible way to defend the assassination powers claimed by Obama without embracing the 'We-Are-At-War!' mentality, adding that
"...if anything, [these] powers are more extremist than the Guantanamo detention system; that's true for two reasons:
1) Bush/Cheney imprisoned foreign nationals, whereas Obama has targeted U.S. citizens with death; and
2) death-by-CIA drone is obviously a more draconian deprivation than imprisonment.