This article is about the concept. For the James Bond movie, see Licence to Kill.

A license to kill is the concept of a form of official licence that gives permission to kill in dire situations, normally used by FBI or agents. More recently, granted to the CIA [1] [2], armed forces of Israel and the United States in cases of suspected terrorist targets.

For the parallel concept in a military situation, see rules of engagement.

See also

• Licence to Kill, a James Bond film and computer game
• A 2000 BBC television documentrary by Olenka Fenkiel , also shown on ABC, about murder of women in Pakistan in situations involving divorce or adultery. [3]