Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
Richard Lowry is editor of the National Review.
Summary: The CIA should be permitted to assassinate leaders of nations with which the United States is at war. The ban on CIA assassinations, which was issued in 1976 by then-president Gerald Ford, was a wrong-headed decision made as a result of national guilt over the Vietnam War. The ban is not required by international laws governing war. In fact, it is lawful to employ any method used to kill enemy soldiers to kill an enemy leader. Targeted killings are also morally superior to other wartime policies...
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- The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Cannot Be Blamed for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Should Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Not Be Amended
- The CIA Has Too Little Accountability in the War Against Terrorism
- Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
- Covert Action Is Never Justified
- The CIA Helps Promote Peace
- The CIA Promotes Violence
- The CIA Has Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
- America Still Needs the CIA
- The CIA Should Be Reformed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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