GP> On (23 Feb 03) Doug Powless wrote to George Pope...
GP>  DP> GP> Do recall that bin Laden only exists because the CIA recruited,
GP>  DP> trained,
GP>  DP> GP> and financed him over the past twenty years! :P
GP>  DP>
GP>  DP> No, I didn't know that.  Does that mean we shouldn't kill him when we
GP>  DP> get the chance then?

GP> What if the LAPD found a bum on the street, gave him a gun & paid him
GP> $1,000 to kill someone, would this bum be liable for the death penalty?

Depends.  Does the bum show signs of instability?  Does he kill his own 
family maybe?  And maybe by torturing them to death?  (None of which 
the LAPD contracted or paid for, by the way)

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