[HAL9000]

A congressional staff member with deep knowledge of intelligence matters said, "I don't know on what basis we would be able to protest Israel's actions."

How about this - As a matter of policy, we don't do "targeted killings" in this country. Nor do we permit other countries to do so here - even Israel.

If Israel does go forward with targeted killings in this country, it will be messy. The agents can be arrested and subjected to the legal process. If they manage to return home and extradition is refused, a major diplomatic crisis will ensue.

[Bobby777]

Nor do we permit other countries to do so here

yep, but right now I'd say Saudi and Egyptian agents did the largest number of targeted killings in this country ... in one fell swoop ... i.e., 9/11/2001 ... Saudi Arabia's terrorist telethons belie their true intentions ...

[tomahawk]

The U.S. kills its terrorist enemies on other nations' soil. And rightly so.

[Aaron_A]

The next sentence after your quote might be of problem to us - this has to do with the Predator attack conducted in Yemen a few months ago where we killed 5-6 terrorists, including one American citizen.

I hope this hasn't set off some type of precedent...because innocent people will die in these black bag jobs.

[semaj]

Do you know how many murders go unsolved in this country? Lots.