Guardian on alleged execution of witness: lawlessness of Obama's drone policy coming home?

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/ibragim-todashev-drones-policy-obama

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The shooting of Ibragim Todashev: is the lawlessness of Obama's drone policy coming home?
Once a state gets used to abusing the rights of foreigners in distant lands, it's almost inevitable it will import the habit

Heck, Obama's own national security speech said he was going to apply the same standard to drones here as he does in Pakistan. I didn't think that meant he'd be more careful in Pakistan.

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Did the FBI execute Ibragim Todashev? He appears to have been shot seven times while being interviewed at home in Orlando, Florida, about his connection to one of the Boston bombing suspects. Among the shots was the assassin's hallmark: a bullet to the back of the head. What kind of an interview was it?

An irregular one. There was no lawyer present. It was not recorded. By the time Todashev was shot, he had apparently been interrogated by three agents for five hours. And then? Who knows? First, we were told, he lunged at them with a knife. How he acquired it, five hours into a police interview, was not explained. How he posed such a threat while recovering from a knee operation also remains perplexing.

At first he drew the knife while being interviewed. Then he acquired it during a break from the interview. Then it ceased to be a knife and became a sword, then a pipe, then a metal pole, then a broomstick, then a table, then a chair. In one account all the agents were in the room at the time of the attack; in another, all but one had mysteriously departed, leaving the remaining officer to face his assailant alone.

and the problem?

seriously, this topic just makes me furious.

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and the problem?

seriously, this topic just makes me furious.

Good question.