Accession Number:

ADA193167

Title:

Should Our Arsenal Against Terrorism Include Assassination.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Jenkins, Brian M.

Report Date:

1987-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Among the countermeasures that the United States might employ against terrorists, why not assassination Do we deny ourselves an effective instrument simply because terrorists do not fit neatly into our traditional methods of law enforcement or waging war This essay examines the arguments for and against assassination as a means of combatting terrorism.

Descriptors:

• *ASSASSINATION
• *TERRORISM
• COUNTERMEASURES
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
• UNITED STATES
• WARFARE

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE