Tag Archives: C.I.A.

October 1, 2011

The Ethically Messy, Legally Muddled, Drone Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

If a C.I.A. drone could have killed Osama Bin Laden before September 11, 2001, the world would be a better and safer place, and it is a better and safer place now that Anwar al-Awlaki—an American citizen in name only who was actively part of a hostile organization dedicated to killing Americans—is dead. President Obama did the right thing. Continue reading →

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October 31, 2010

Unethical Post of the Month: Jonah Goldberg

In his latest post on the National Review website, conservative blogger Jonah Goldberg wonders why the CIA hasn’t had the sense to assassinate WikiLeaks founder and current renegade leaker Julian Assange. That’s right: Goldberg believes that in the national interest (for Assange has gathered and leaked massive amounts of classified information relating to U.S. military operations), the U.S. government should murder an Australian citizen without due process, a trial, or anything approaching regard for law, ethics, and human rights. Continue reading →

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