for instance, would it include an al qaeda agent, say, living in europe, in germany, or in the united kingdom? most likely not. the memo lays out a three-part test for who can be targeted by a pilotless drone strike if there is a belief that the individual, the target, is an al qaeda operational leader. number one, there has to be what the memo describes as an imminent threat of a violent attack against the united states. number two, capture of that individual is not feasible. and number three, the operation has been under applicable law of war principles. if you go to the second part of that test, capture is unfeasible, it probably wouldn t apply in germany or the united kingdom and certainly not in the united states. and yet i guess that s the point, isn t it? i mean, it does appear to lack detail. for instance, whom does the white paper consider to be a