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Re:Superfast military plane hit Mach 20 before crash by true_religion on Sunday August 21, 2011 @05:11PM (#2910299)
I wasn't aware that it was a law. I thought it was merely a prohibition put into place by an Executive Order signed by President Ford.

In either case, it seems moot in today's day and age. What's the difference between firing a missile at enemy headquarters with the intention of killing the general and senior staff, and an assassination?

It seems today that 'assassination' is simply pursuing the usual methods of war against a specific target.

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Re:Superfast military plane hit Mach 20 before crash by arethuza on Sunday August 21, 2011 @06:56PM (#2910579)
In Robert Baer's book "See No Evil" he describes being questioned by the FBI while working for the CIA for allegedly trying to organize an assassination of Saddam Hussein.

There were no basis for the accusations but he understandably pretty unhappy as the penalties for being found guilty could be pretty severe.

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