I know James Bond is fiction, but does anyone (or organization) have a ‘license to kill’?
I know a lot of people with hunting and fishing licenses… Or are we just talking about licenses to kill people?
Grrr… I knew something was up. Dark cool you posted this thread twice. MANNY!!!
I thought maybe I forgot to hit the reply button last time or something.
Governments don’t need a license. They can simply assign someone to do it, pay them to do it and give them a medal if they are successful. Usually they just hire someone. Although the US has specifically stated that we no longer ‘assassinate’ people, don’t bet your life on it.
The Mossad has an excellent hit organization and the Mokre Dela of the KGB is still active as well as many ex-sovblock countries. South America is famous for death squads. In fact, it’s an international status symbol to have a secret police or secret intelligence service that assassinates your political opponents (or whoever you like, actually). The problem is training and supporting them to operate successfully in foreign countries and get safely away. Religious fanatics are just given some training and equipment and sent in as suicide assassins.
The secret here is making your hit look like some other’s country hit so they get the blame. It’s a game. For instance, if you want some politico zapped and a particular faction or government blamed, there is a whole scenario that kicks in. It’s usually pretty expensive and independent contractors are commonly used to provide ‘plausible deniability’.
There are all sorts of books out that detail this stuff, so I refer you to your search engine. I’m tired so I didn’t look.
Since this was posted twice, I’m locking this one. Here’s the link to the other posting: license to kill