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  1. The Right Coast

    5 takeaways from Israel’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear weapons scientist

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The Biden administration has prioritized America's return to the 2015 JCPOA nuclear accord. What happened on Friday shows just how challenging this will be. By assassinating the figurative and literal…

  2. Constitutional Law Prof Blog

    Check it Out: Entous and Osnos on Assassination

    By Steven D. Schwinn

    Check out Adam Entous's and Evan Osnos's piece in The New Yorker, Qassem Suleimani and How Nations Decide to Kill. Here's from the piece:The President's dismissal of the question of legality…

  3. The Right Coast

    The assassination debate and implications

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The State Department believes Soleimani s death was not assassination. I did this for two years in the Bush administration, someone only identified by the State Department as Senior State…

  4. The Right Coast

    New Book Looks At Israel s History Of Assassinating Foes

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Two things about Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman immediately jump out: It is, in the words of its subtitle, about the secret history of Israel s targeted assassinations…

  5. The Right Coast

    New Book Looks At Israel s History Of Assassinating Foes

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Two things about Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman immediately jump out: It is, in the words of its subtitle, about the secret history of Israel s targeted assassinations…

  6. The Right Coast

    Malaysia police: Kim brother killed with VX nerve agent « Hot Air

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Just how badly did Kim Jong-un want to kill his older half-brother? So badly, Malaysia police now say, that he was willing to kill a whole lot more people in…

  7. The Right Coast

    Kim Jong Nam: Give us Kim family’s DNA or no body, Malaysian police tell NK – CNN.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Grainy security video from the airport at the time of Kim's killing showed two young female suspects. One of the women is seen wearing a blue skirt and white t-shirt…

  8. The Right Coast

    Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara – The New York Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    ISTANBUL Russia s ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting God is great! and don t forget Aleppo,…

  9. The Right Coast

    Russian ambassador to Turkey dead after being shot in ‘assassination attempt in revenge for Aleppo’ – Mirror Online

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Russia's ambassador to Turkey has been assassinated in front of terrified witnesses allegedly in retaliation for the crisis in Aleppo. via www.mirror.co.uk

  10. The Right Coast

    Castro and the Kennedy Assassination | RealClearPolitics

    By Thomas A. Smith

    It is now largely forgotten, or airbrushed from history, but Castro played a large role in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In the discussions surrounding Castro s…