CIA Assassin Program Was Nearing New Phase

Neocon nerd Jonah Goldberg isn't content to urge others to sacrifice for endless Neocon wars of liberation; he wants the government to have the power to do whatever it wants. So he doesn't see the big deal about a secret CIA assassination squad. Typical.

So what's the big deal about an assassination squad? Just this:

The plan to deploy small teams of assassins grew out of the CIA's early efforts to battle al-Qaeda after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A secret document known as a "presidential finding" was signed by President George W. Bush that same month, granting the agency broad authority to use deadly force against bin Laden as well as other senior members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

The finding imposed no geographical limitations on the agency's actions, and intelligence officials have said that they were not obliged to notify Congress of each operation envisaged under the directive.

Let's not forget that the ever-expanding Leviathan in DC views conservatives as extremist threats to the established order -- and when the government is taking over private enterprise, and conservatives oppose these measures at Tea Party protests, that's pretty much the case.

Don't forget that Bush's War on Terror is international in scope. So if you're in the United States as you read this, you're in a war zone.

"No geographical limitations." That's the "big deal."