Quote Originally Posted by FactionHeir
How about kidnapping and imprisonment? One could argue that to be just as bad.
Not nearly. Kidnapping is not as bad as killing. Besides -- and some people will hate me for saying this -- in the case of the American renditions there are mitigating circumstances. The U.S. is our main ally and it is practising rendition with the (erroneous and clumsy, but not per se murderous) intention to fight terrorism. Whereas the Litvinenko murder was itself an act of terrorism, at least according to the British authorities.