Nitpicking: Thinkprogress

Thinkprogress, apparently, doesn't read its own links:

Of course, assassination of this nature is illegal under international law and two Executive Orders,

"Of course," if one reads the first link:

Thus, as long as the international armed conflict with the virtual-State of al-Qa’eda continues, the killing of al-Qa’eda combatants such as al-Havethi is certainly not assassination.

If one reads the second link:

Although such covert attacks might be illegal in the absence of provocation, in the light of the continuing terrorist threat a state-sponsored killing of Usama bin Laden or other terrorist figures would be justifiable as an Article 51 action, as well as permissible under established exceptions to Executive Order 12333.

Morons.