20 Jan
2001
20 Jan
'01
12:21 a.m.
Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com> wrote:
Constitutionally, before you assassinate someone, you have to propery indict the target and hold a trial in which he or she is present, has a lawyer available, and is allowed to question the witnesses and appeal whether any sentence of death is cruel or unusual punishment. _Then_ you can sneak up on them and kill them, or poison their cigars, or give them an Israeli cellphone or a Ford Pinto.
Isn't it easier to just give Israel some more military supplies to help them defend themselves from Palestinians throwing rocks and, oh, by the way, could you have the Mossad take care of so-and-so? :-) -- Riad Wahby rsw@mit.edu MIT VI-2/A 2002 5105