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The CIA don’t need the the courts permission to execute anyone suspected of being a threat to the US, if said principal is outside the US ;)
by MadsRC 3y ago
The CIA don’t need the the courts permission to execute anyone suspected of being a threat to the US, if said principal is outside the US ;)
- capableweb 3y agoHence why they are loved across the world :)
- hammock 3y agoI know they have a lawyer-drafted justification on file with the DOJ, but to the point of “courts permission” has that actually ever been tested in a real court (not FISA)? And if so is the decision public?
- sidewndr46 3y agoIt's unlikely that a corpse files suit to protect their constitutional rights, of which no one is aware were violated in the first place.
- hammock 3y agoHowever unlikely, it is possible. Many such cases where the estate of the dead or their families have brought suit against the US government. Example: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-yemen/u-s-appeals-court-throws-out-lawsuit-over-drone-strike-deaths-idUSL1N1JR1HM https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-yemen/u-s-appeals-...
- sidewndr46 3y agoYou do realize the article you just linked starts with "threw out a lawsuit by the families"
- hammock 3y agoObviously. My original question was whether the justification for extrajudicial killings has yet been tested by a court, as claimed
- orwin 3y agoAnd if in the US and a beneficiary of the paperclip operation whose downsides outweigh benefits, Cia-trained Mossad agents were available.