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Assassination

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  1. Verfassungsblog

    Killing Khamenei

    By Aurel Sari

    In a recent post on this blog, Sophie Duroy and Luca Trenta have offered an important and timely analysis of the normalisation of assassination as a tool of Statecraft, arguing…

  2. Althouse

    "Mr. Routh, a former roofer from Greensboro, N.C., never fired a shot during the thwarted assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024…"

    By Ann Althouse

    "... a fact that his lawyer, Martin L. Roth, emphasized on Wednesday. A Secret Service agent spotted him outside a fence near the sixth hole while Mr. Trump was golfing…

  3. The Right Coast

    Smoking Gun Documents Point to CIA Machinations in JFK Assassination

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The release of the personnel file of undercover CIA officer George Joannides shifts the burden of proof in JFK assassination discussions onto the government and the theoreticians of the lone…

  4. Other

    RFK’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, denied parole after 17th California parole board hearing

    By Douglas Berman

    As reported in this New York Times article, a "California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Sirhan B. Sirhan, the man convicted in the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F.…

  5. Other

    California Gov Newsom reverse parole grant to Sirhan Sirhan, RFK’s assassin

    By Douglas Berman

    Under California law, the Governor reviews any recommendation of parole by a convicted murderer.  As explained in this new Los Angeles Tomes op-ed, California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided to…

  6. The Faculty Lounge

    When in Need, You Can Always Blame Israel

    Sirhan B. Sirhan was recently recommended for parole by a two-person panel of California's parole board. The decision still has to be approved by the full board, and it can…

  7. Criminal

    RFK killer. Sirhan Sirhan, recommended for parole after decades of denials

    By Douglas Berman

    As the saying goes, if at first you do not succeed, try, try again.  As detailed in this Los Angeles Times article, after trying again and again to get a…

  8. PrawfsBlawg

    The Booth Conspiracy and the Transfer of Power

    By prawfsblawg@gmail.com

    Main Thursday, February 25, 2021The Booth Conspiracy and the Transfer of Power Here's an interesting point that I hadn't thought about until the riot at the Capitol. When the Government…

  9. The Right Coast

    Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: ‘Machine-gun with AI’ used to kill Iran scientist – BBC News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The machine-gun "focused only on martyr Fakhrizadeh's face in a way that his wife, despite being only 25cm [10 inches] away, was not shot", he said. The general reiterated that…

  10. The Right Coast

    Iranian official accuses Israel of using ‘electronic devices’ to remotely kill nuclear scientist | Fox News

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Shamkhani's remarks drastically change the story of Fakhrizadeh's killing Friday. Authorities initially said a truck exploded and then gunmen opened fire on the scientist, killing him.State TV s English-language Press…