National security: write a legal explainer memorandum, assuming an audience of lawyers and non-lawyers alike, that addresses the following question.:

National security

On January 2, 2020 the United States killed Major General Qassim Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, by a drone missile strike.

Write a legal explainer memorandum, assuming an audience of lawyers and non-lawyers alike, that addresses the following questions:

  • Was this action legal under U.S. domestic law?
  • Under international law?
  • Are there any foreign law consequences?
  • What additional factual information, if any, would you need to?address legality?
  • Do you see any meaningful distinction between what acceptable legal and policy options the executive had in this instance?

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