[LINK] bin Laden is dead

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:22 PM 4/05/2011, Paul Bolger wrote:
>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703834804576301351486023840.html

thanks, Paul.

And from that on the 'legality' of the situation, even with OBL being unarmed:

The legal justifications for shooting bin laden dead come partly from 
the rules under which the Seals were operating. They were under the 
authority of the Central Intelligence Agency, which operates under 
fewer restrictions than the military, which has rules governing when 
troops can use deadly force. Even under the military's rules, the 
killing was legally justified as long as bin Laden wasn't attempting 
to surrender.

Scott Silliman, an expert on national security law at Duke Law 
School, said there was no question the shooting was legally justified.

"Under any operable rules of engagement, the issue does not raise 
itself simply because he was resisting or there was the perception 
they were being put in danger," he said.



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