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To: prairiebreeze; quidnunc
Was the law (passed during Ford's presidency, I think) that banned assassination of foreign heads of state overturned without my notice or recollection? Or was the article referring to other foreigners? (in which case I did not think we had any such laws)
7 posted on 09/06/2003 4:13:18 PM PDT by Akira (Judean People's Front? We're the People's Front of Judea!)
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To: msdrby
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8 posted on 09/06/2003 4:17:21 PM PDT by Prof Engineer (HHD - Blast it Jim. I'm an Engineer, not a walking dictionary.)
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To: Akira
I believe it wasn't a law per se, but a Presidential Executive Order. To my understanding, and to the regret of many terrorists and their supporters, President Bush has cancelled that Executive Order. The Shadow War continues.
11 posted on 09/06/2003 4:20:30 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Akira
Jimmuh Carter passed that idiotic law.

Assassination works. Better to kill one troublemaker in an assassination than to kill 500,000 of the youth of his hapless country.

Why is Khadaffi still alive? That's the one that irks me. Let's get that one for the Gipper.

13 posted on 09/06/2003 4:26:34 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Akira
I am pretty certain it is an Executive Order and not a law passed by the legislature.
27 posted on 09/06/2003 4:58:16 PM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: Akira
Was the law (passed during Ford's presidency, I think) that banned assassination of foreign heads of state overturned without my notice or recollection?

It was not a law; it was Executive Order 12333. It may even still be in place; all that is really needed is a new EO saying "The provisions of EO 12333 are hereby suspended with respect to the person of (fill in the blank)."

29 posted on 09/06/2003 5:02:35 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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