does anyone have any answers on what it is like being an assassin for hte US government?  Humor me...?
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I knew someone, in that sort of position.  You don't ask question.  You just do it.  After you do it, you don't ask questions.  Next mission.
253713
The FBI had an opening for an assassin.\n\n\nAfter all the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were 3 finalists.\n\nTwo men and a woman.\n\nFor the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.\n\n"We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances.  Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair.\n\nKill Her!"  \n\nThe man said, "You can't be serious, I could never shoot my wife."  The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job.  Take your wife and go home."\n\nThe second man was given the same instructions.\n\n\nHe took the gun and went into the room.  All was quiet for about 5 minutes.  The man came out with tears in his eyes,  "I tried, but I can't kill my wife."\n\nThe agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."\n\nFinally, it was the woman's turn.\n\n\nShe was given the same instructions, to kill her husband.  She took the gun and went into the room.  Shots were heard, one after another.  They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.\n\nAfter a few minutes, all was quiet.  The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.  She wiped the sweat from her brow. \n\n"This gun is loaded with blanks" she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair."
992492
Yes the US does Assassinations, but so does everyone. Every government even our friendly neighbors to the north will assassinate someone if they felt they had a good enough reason.
645306
As a people we can only change the government I know your wanting to leave the government out of this but they are the reason we are hated. Yeah fear us thats a good one... Would you fear a pyscho with a gun? Maybe alot of countries already do... Is that a good thing? Is that going to prevent terrorism?
591326
Die for my country?  In a heartbeat.  Die for the president?  Not on your life.  There's a difference.  I love this country, but I hate its current leader and his choices.  That's why I'm waiting till 2008 to join the Guard.
1087659
Hey brother, I'm a cop here in NYC and I know what you're saying. I know sometimes people hate us cuz they feel we abuse our power ( and some of us do - but they eventually get theirs in the end ) but if they experianced what we go through on a daily basis, they'd understand. Not that I'm complaining about the job ( there is no perfect job ), I enjoy helping people and all, but some of you will never, ever believe what we go through. It's gets to be overwhelming and after a while you become numb. But it's a job none the less...a tough job but a job regardless and I never bring anything home or visa-versa. You can't.You'll never survive 20 years if you do. You have to leave it all behind and take the crap the public gives you.Smile and say "Have a nice day."
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The FBI was holding interviews for new agents, the 1st candidate was a man, they told him 'This is your final test, your wife is in that room, here is a gun, you must kill her in 5 minutes in order to become an agent.'  A few minutes later the man came out crying 'I can't kill my wife for a job, I love her too much'.  \n2nd candidate was a man, he was given the same instructions, to enter the room and kill his wife with the supplied gun.  He also refused to do it.\nThe 3rd candidate was a woman, who was told 'This is your final test, your husband is in that room, here is a gun, you have 5 minutes to kill him in order to become an agent.'  As the interviewers waited outside the room, they heard a few shots, followed by a lot of noise.  At the end of the 5 minutes, the woman came out and said 'that bullet was loaded with blanks!  I had to beat him to death with the chair!'  \n\nBoom boom!
567412
i know alot of secrets but if i told the government would have me killed. seriously. actually if they found out about this i would be..............aahhhhhhhh help!!!!!!
598543
If you or I were in the position of deciding who lives and who dies would you really place meanness in the capitol crime column? Rude drivers, line cutters, etc. see what I mean? Ignore them avoid them don't acknowledge their existence. Live your own life and be happy!
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What happens when an innocent family member is taken in the night, brought to a jail, incarcerated, perhaps beaten and starved, perhaps sodomized with a baton... perhaps when he gets out, he is not feeling the love for the Americans, perhaps his family isn't real happy either. I think part of the insurgency is revenge...BUT IF we left, this would continue on other levels.
633800
If your leaders approve of torture (I assume you're from the middle east somewhere), there's no need to explain it.  We've seen videos of beheadings, and torture carried out by your kind and most of us get the message.  My leaders don't believe in torture, but they won't back down from a fight either.  Besides if putting the screws to a militant islamic terrorist saves just one airborne ranger wouldn't it be worth it?
1131911
What saddens me was reading about the death of "Al-Zarqawi" and the quote by bush.."Justice"\n\nThe responses by Americans disgusted me. \n\nHow can justice be served by dropping bombs on people? \nDoesn't that make America just as "bad" as the other side.\n\nActually i think America and Americans in general are some pretty  messed up people.
934649
Thats quite an interesting article, thank you for putting it up, and i agree with ecerything the generals say, but do you not think there is larger issues here? The ineffectiveness of the iraqi govt, caused by the clash of ethnic groups but also by the duality of relying on US troops while also trying to distance themselves from US policies, and other issues like this? I respect what the generals say but are they not purely looking at this from a military and practical perspective? Killing every terrorist and insurgent will not finish this war, because its impossible...hmm i cant see an alternative way of getting out of this situation but i also refuse to believe that its as simple a solution as issuing killing orders...tho that would be a step forward i admit
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The rules are that we will not use assassination as a tool to remove someone from power that we do not like or agree with.  However in the case of Saddam's son's we were at war with their country and they were killed fighting us and that is a long way from assassination.  While it may seem to be easier to change things by sending a lone assassin in to do the job, to have that as part of our policy would open up the leaders of our country to assassination from those that did not agree with us.  However a commander in chief of a country at war is in fact a justified military target.  I have seen a couple of the messes we caused by having this assassination policy done by CIA operatives and we would have been better off politically to have dealt with the leader we took out than the leader we put in. It is a bad policy and should remain illegal.  The policy to stop these assassinations came about by Executive Order by Gerald Ford when he was President and can be rescinded by executive order by any President that may feel that it is a policy we want to use, so this is a policy that is in the hands on one man and not under a system of checks and balances.
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We should have already.  Listen to this e-mail I got about 3 months ago:\nIt was 1987!   At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of  Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan  Administration. \n\nThere was Ollie in front of God and country getting  the third degree, but what he said was stunning! \n\nHe was being drilled  by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security  system?" \n\nOllie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir." \n\nThe senator  continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't that just a  little excessive?" \n\n"No, sir," continued Ollie. \n\n"No? And why  not?" the senator asked. \n\n"Because the lives of my family and I were  threatened, sir." \n\n"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.  \n\n"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered. \n\n"Terrorist? What  terrorist could possibly scare you that much?" \n\n"His name is Osama bin  Laden, sir" Ollie replied. \n\nAt this point the senator tried to repeat  the name, but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably  couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator  continued. Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked.  \n\n"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of", Ollie  answered.\n\n"And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.  \n\n"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin  team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."  \n\nThe senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was  shown of the clip.  \n\nBy the way, that senator was  Al Gore!\n\nAlso: \n\nTerrorist pilot Mohammad Atta  blew up a bus in Israel in  1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo  agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release  so-called "political prisoners." \n\nHowever, the Israelis would not  release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time,  Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that  all prisoners be released.  \n                  &nb!  sp; \nThus Mohammad Atta was  freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of  the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV networks  at the time that the terrorists were first identified. \nIt was censored in the US  from all later reports.
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i agree with COTY ... \n\nAnd here is jok ..but im sure its not the funniest joke in the world ..maybe just for me lol.......\n\n\n\nThe FBI had an opening for an assassin.\n\nAfter all the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were 3 finalists\n\nTwo men and a woman.\n\nFor the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.\n\n"We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances.  Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair.\n\nKill Her!"  \n\nThe man said, "You can't be serious, I could never shoot my wife."  The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job.  Take your wife and go home."\n\nThe second man was given the same instructions.\n\nHe took the gun and went into the room.  All was quiet for about 5 minutes.  The man came out with tears in his eyes,  "I tried, but I can't kill my wife."\n\nThe agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."\n\nFinally, it was the woman's turn.\n\nShe was given the same instructions, to kill her husband.  She took the gun and went into the room.  Shots were heard, one after another.  They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.\n\nAfter a few minutes, all was quiet.  The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.  She wiped the sweat from her brow. \n\n"This gun is loaded with blanks" she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair."
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I'm getting chummy with the Ken Lay is still alive one.  9/11--there are so many that seem plausible, some not so.  I have been entertaining my theory too (btw, thanks for asking):  the cheney shooting--I wonder if the old buddy of his that got "peppered" was not the only victim.  I'm just asking.  There are probably websites already dedicated to that one--about cheney killing someone "by accident".   I feel better-thanks.