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Are there actual examples of the US "assassinating" bad actors in this way? That seems farfetched, as opposed to just going after them in the judicial system.
by vecter 5y ago
Are there actual examples of the US "assassinating" bad actors in this way? That seems farfetched, as opposed to just going after them in the judicial system.
- lnwlebjel 5y agoThis would suggests that there are not actual examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing#Use_by_United_States_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing#Use_by_United...
- ncallaway 5y agoOperation Condor is a good starting point for some truly horrific US involvement in torture, terrorism, and targeted killing
- marnett 5y agoI don’t know exactly how public any instances would be, but presumably the large and well funded intelligence complex of the US would have the cyber forensic capabilities to potentially trace bad actors. Pairing this with the physical intelligence agencies, if the US truly wanted to find these individuals and take them out I’m sure they could. Recommended reading on the history of only one of these intelligence agencies (and the somewhat extrajudicial way in which they often operate) is Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner, which is a fantastic history of the CIA.