Rules of engagement
The strike on bin Laden has been widely celebrated in the US, even though there are strong grounds to regard it as illegal.
— Section 5(g) of Executive Order 11905 signed by Gerald Ford in 1976 states ‘No employee of the United States government shall engage in or conspire to engage in political assassination’.
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