moderate libertarian
01-22-2012, 02:35 PM
Recently saw a 1986 made movie called FX. Plot is sensational, US Justice department recruits a talented Special Effects expert from movie industry to clone a mob figure and then direct his staged assassination in public as part of witness protection program. After mission is carried out, the life of the man who did this operation is in danger as his recruiters want to eliminate him so there are no "loose ends". This was the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089118/
While watching the movie, I wondered if this is just stuff for movies or can happen in real life too. Can any US agencies including CIA legally carry out staged fake killings for WPP or other reason?
I didn't believe some claims about OBL killing being staged after photos shown to some US Senators later turned up being special effects fakes and 30 members of elite navy seals unit involved in that operation were killed shortly afterwards in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. But there is remarkable similarities in movie plot and what skeptics of government report of OBL killing claimed.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089118/
While watching the movie, I wondered if this is just stuff for movies or can happen in real life too. Can any US agencies including CIA legally carry out staged fake killings for WPP or other reason?
I didn't believe some claims about OBL killing being staged after photos shown to some US Senators later turned up being special effects fakes and 30 members of elite navy seals unit involved in that operation were killed shortly afterwards in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. But there is remarkable similarities in movie plot and what skeptics of government report of OBL killing claimed.