The conservative Republican commentator opines: "So, as NBC News’ Michael
Isikoff reports, according to an Obama/Holder Justice Department memo,
it’s okay for the U.S. government to authorize the extrajudicial killing
of American citizens who are believed to be senior operational leaders
of al-Qaeda, even if there’s no intelligence that they’re involved in an
active plot against the U.S. According to Jay Carney, such killing is 'legal, ethical, and wise.'"
Mr. Kirsanow continues his commentary: "On the other hand, it’s inarguably torture and a war crime to
waterboard a non-citizen who’s the confirmed No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda
and who actually planned the most horrific terrorist attack in American
history. CIA officers involved in enhanced interrogations are kept in
fear of possible criminal prosecution for years by the same Obama/Holder
Justice Department. The author of memos on the legality of enhanced
interrogation (the felicitously named 'torture memos') is the subject of
endless vitriol and opprobrium from the Left. Leftist foreign
leaders call for the arrest of Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld as war
criminals."
Peter Kirsanow Op-Ed: Waterboarding Bad, Assassination Good
