Sometimes the law really is an ass.
Posted By Russ Emerson on July 14, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Interesting post at Volokh Conspiracy about the legality of assassinating terrorists, in light of the recently revealed (but never implemented) CIA operation to do so.
As the author notes,
First, I’m delighted, of course, that the CIA post 9-11 was formulating plans to try and kill Al Qaeda leaders wherever they might be; if they weren’t, I would certainly have a big question about what exactly the CIA value-added to national security is.
It seems to me, though, that if there is a legal problem with efforts to kill terrorists, the fundamental problem is in the law, not in the killing.
(Link found via Instapundit.)
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