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Assasination As Foreign Policy |
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by Mike Lehman
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17 Jan 2001
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Now that we're getting close to the inauguration of President-select Bush, the wackos in the Republican Party are really starting to feel their oats. US Rep. Bob Barr has introduced a bill to revive assasination as foreign policy. |
Now that we're getting close to the inauguration of President-select Bush, the wackos in the Republican Party are really starting to feel their oats. US Rep. Bob Barr has introduced a bill to revive assasination as foreign policy.
You might remember Rep. Barr as one of the ever-so-righteous defenders of family values who was among the leaders of the House impeachment committee during the impeachment of Pres. Clinton. While he got lots of press for his rough-edged attitude toward presidential sexual proclivities, it was less well known that he made a video appearance of his own at a fundraiser in the early '90s, when he licked whipped cream off the chest of an exotic dancer.
Not one to let morality stand in the way of public policy, he has introduced the following bill to rescind the executive orders that got the US out of (officially at least) the dirty business of assasination in the 1970's.
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 19
To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive
orders.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2001
Mr. Barr of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on International Relations
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A BILL
To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive
orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) past Presidents have issued Executive orders which
severely limit the use of the military when dealing with
potential threats against the United States of America;
(2) these Executive orders limit the swift, sure, and
precise action needed by the United States to protect our
national security;
(3) present strategy allows the military forces to bomb
large targets hoping to eliminate a terrorist leader, but
prevents our country from designing a limited action which
would specifically accomplish that purpose;
(4) on several occasions the military has been ordered to
use a military strike hoping, in most cases unsuccessfully, to
remove a terrorist leader who has committed crimes against the
United State;
(5) as the threat from terrorism grows, America must
continue to investigate effective ways to combat the menace
posed by those who would murder American citizens simply to
make a political point; and
(6) actions by the United States Government to remove such
persons is a remedy which should be used sparingly and
considered only after all other reasonable options have failed
or are not available; however, this is an option our country
must maintain for cases in which international threats cannot
be eliminated by other means.
SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF VARIOUS
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
The following provisions of Executive orders shall have no further
force or effect:
(1) Section 5(g) of Executive Order 11905.
(2) Section 2-305 of Executive Order 12036.
(3) Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333.
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html |
