[PEN-L:32912] Re: CIA Can Kill Citizens Who Aid al-Qaida

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: [PEN-L:32896] CIA Can Kill Citizens Who Aid al-Qaida


> CIA can kill citizens who aid al-Qaida
>
> Bush doesn't exempt Americans
>
> By John J. Lumpkin
> Associated Press
> Dec. 4, 2002
>
> WASHINGTON - American citizens working for al-Qaida overseas can
> legally be targeted and killed by the CIA under President Bush's
> rules for the war on terrorism, U.S. officials say.
>
> The authority to kill U.S. citizens is granted under a secret finding
> signed by the president after the Sept. 11 attacks that directs the
> CIA to covertly attack al-Qaida anywhere in the world. The authority
> makes no exception for Americans, so permission to strike them is
> understood rather than specifically described, officials said.
>

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Oh that passive voice use of Austinian speech-act theory............


Ian