The two incidents - the killing of Anwar al-Aulaqi by the US, and the alleged plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by Indian agents - tend to find further resonance with each other when considering then-attorney general (AG) Eric Holder's letter to senator Pat Leahy, '[High] level officials appropriately concluded that al-Aulaqi posed a continuing and imminent threat of violent attack against the United States.