> Executive Order 12333 ...
> Neither Bush nor Clinton has rescinded it.
But the EO notwithstanding, the first bombs of Operation
Iraqi Freedom were aimed at Saddam personally (based on
faulty intel, as it turned out).
An EO is not legislation. It's just an order from the President. All it means is "don't do it unless the president explicitly orders otherwise" (since an explicit order from the President would override the EO