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… Presidents following Barak Obama found his innovation useful in a variety of situations. President Walter Halley said of Obama, "You have to admire his prescience and courage in giving future presidents a freedom that previous presidents had never enjoyed: a perfectly legal way of removing even American citizens, based on secret evidence and a streamlined process that eliminates the delay of defense and trial, which has the additional advantage of keeping the proceedings small and secret." It was Halley, in fact, who insisted that executions under the Obama Assassination Doctrine Augmented be simulated accidents, with an "accidental death" finding enforced as needed, to avoid revealing such executions to enemies of the US. This step was taken following some enemy citizens surfacing following previous uses of the OAD on citizens resident in the US—the "Trial Taliban" (as they were known for their fanatical insistence on public trials) were finally put down following the fortuitous accidental deaths of their leadership as they gathered to foment their rebellion.
The first, relatively minor extension to the OAD occurred in the following administration, when President Hardwicke pointed out that, since an American citizen could legally be assassinated on the President’s order, then certainly anyone not an American citizen was a fortiori a potential target as circumstances dictated. This Universal Assassination Doctrine (UAD) became the rule, and was invoked as needed when a negotiated agreement seemed uncertain or tedious, and more recently, according to some reports, to remove unqualified candidates from election races well in advance of voting, so as to ensure the best possible candidates are elected.
Indeed, this single original innovation, the Obama Assassination Doctrine, is probably that president’s most enduring legacy, one that did more to change American life and culture than even the Affordable Care Act…
