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Legal Analysis of Lethal Operations by Zeke Miller is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses the applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 1119, which prohibits the unlawful killing of U.S. nationals abroad, to contemplated lethal operations against Anwar al-Aulaqi by the Department of Defense and CIA. It finds that § 1119 does not prohibit killings that fall under traditional justifications like public authority, meaning it would not apply if the operations were carried out as lawful acts of public authority. It then analyzes whether the public authority justification could apply to the

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Zeke Miller

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