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There are two issues here that need to be discussed independently.
The first issue is on the morality and legality of assassinating enemy leaders or terrorist. To me this issue is minor. As others have pointed out there isn't much difference between assassinating and dropping a bomb on them.
The second issue is the big issue to me. That issue is the CIA acting illegally without oversight from is legal oversight committee on an illegal order from the vice president. This includes lying under oath to the oversight committee.
To me this issue is big. This country is based on checks and balances, when those checks and balances do not occur there is way to much potential for evil. When the CIA lied and withheld information from the oversight committee they broke the law and the same is true when Cheney ordered them to do that. At minimum the people who lied should be charged with perjury and cheny should be charged with aiding and abetting a felony. At most they should be charged with treason.
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