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Patrick Leahy: “The executive branch regularly informs the appropriate Members of Congress about our counterterrorism activities…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
The executive branch regularly informs the appropriate Members of Congress about our counterterrorism activities, including the legal framework, and would of course follow the same practice where lethal force is used against United States citizens.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the need for transparency in counterterrorism operations involving lethal force.

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