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License to Kill

NPR | By Daniel Schorr

Published December 15, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

The New York Times reports that the Bush administration has created a hit list of top al Qaeda operatives, authorizing the CIA to use lethal force. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says this bends the longstanding executive order prohibiting assassination.