An extensive New York Times report on the secret legal deliberations behind the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden reveals that President Obama ordered the operation to be kill-only.
Weeks before the mission, four administration lawyers discussed the legal ramifications of either killing or capturing the fugitive terrorist leader.
Ultimately, they decided, it would be legal to execute bin Laden on the spot. The president agreed, apparently, as the Times reports that Obama “explicitly ordered a kill mission.” Read more at The New York Times.
{CB Frommer-Matzav.com Newscenter}
At least he did something good.
Now that Mr. Obama admitted it, I want to bring war crimes charges against him. Mr. Bin Laden had the right to have his day in court. The American Government had no right to MURDER Mr. Bin Laden. Who made the American President, the prosecutor, jury, executioner???
At least Matzav leaves Hillary Clinton in the picture
How much credibility does the Times have? Obama probably told them to welcome him with open arms. They’re on the same side.