Assassinations are not legal either, but the CIA makes it a practice. Fight fire with fire indeed, tinybear.
A recent example:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...ing/index.html
Just say someone is a killer and then the CIA can target them for elimination without trial. al Qaeda al Qaeda al Qaeda blah blah blah. Tried by the propaganda machine and blown up by remote control. This is the glory days of global Empire.