Wobblie wrote:
Bullshit. There's no presumption that committing any of those acts shows intent. Sub (b) of that section details the extent of any presumption under that section and it doesn't include intent to relinquish nationality.

In any case, this is a stupid sidetrack, since it in no way applies to Mr. Awlaki's case.

Either way it's a "red herring" (now that we are using poly-sci terms about arguments to settle things around here). 

President Obama has taken an oath to protect the USA from external and internal threats.  Al Queda is both.  Obama has a duty as president of America to hunt down Al Queda and execute them.  Obviously they have to do that within certain boundaries, but a targetted strike on a major commander with no collateral damage certainly fits within those boundaries.

FREE THE LB4!!