I'm fairly certain they revoked his citizenship just before they obliterated him, if it ever comes to a court case under 8 Section 1481. That or maybe some sort of targetted citizen instant draft and then military summary execution legal ********* Realistically though, if you take up arms against your own country, you shouldn't expect to keep your citizenship. Unless you win, in which case you get to write the rules. It kind of bothers me from a precident setting standpoint, and there needs to be a firm oppinion on it from the Supreme court, but on the other hand the guy was guilty as hell and deserved whatever he got. Especially for encouraging that god damned shoe bomber. You have any idea how often I got stopped at airport security after that happened? Ohh, big feet, he must be a terrroist!
But yeah, they could have grabbed him for trial. It's ******* yemen, what the hell are they going to do about it? I'm pretty sure they wanted him dead so he couldn't use the trial as a podium, being their most effective public speaker and recruiter and all.