The question might also read, "And if so, for how long now." I'm still investigating the
assassinations during the Reagan-Bush years -- no statute of limitations on capital offenses.
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Is Assassination Allowed or Not?
Monday, Jun. 18, 2007 By ROBERT BAER
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1634284,00.htmlIt's been almost six years since 9/11, and the national intelligence director only now has gotten around to thinking about rewriting Executive Order 12,333, the intelligence community's bible issued under President Reagan in 1981, which lays down the duties and authorities of 14 of our intelligence agencies (two of them did not exist when E.O 12,333 was written). Well, better late than never.
When the order was established, terrorism still wasn't a priority for the Reagan White House; in the section covering the FBI, terrorism is not even mentioned. And in ordering warrantless NSA intercepts on Americans, the Bush Administration put the last nail in E.O. 12,333's coffin.
Up until 9/11, after all, E.O. 12,333 had the full force of law inside the intelligence community, particularly the ban on assassination and the protection of Americans' rights. ........
.... A whisper from the White House — Don't worry, the Attorney General says what you're doing is completely legal — won't cut it any longer.