Assassination Ban and E.O. 12333: A Brief Summary

Bazan, Elizabeth B.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Executive orders;    Assassination;    Presidents;   

RP-ID  :  RS21037
RP-ID  :  RS21037 2002-01-04

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report offers a brief summary of the assassination ban contained in Executive Order (E.O.) 12333, Section 2.11. E.O. 12333 is the latest in a series of three executive orders which included assassination bans. The first, Executive Order 11905, Sec. 5(g),1 41 Fed. Reg. 7703, 7733 (President Gerald Ford, 2/19/76), was part of an executive order issued by President Ford in response to concerns raised in the 1970's with respect to alleged abuses by the U.S. intelligence community.