US EditionClassified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
The Justice Department’s classified opinion permits lethal strikes on a secret cartel list, enabling an expanded counter-drug campaign with at least four military strikes in the Caribbean.
- The Trump administration produced a classified legal opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel authorizing lethal strikes on a secret list of cartels and suspected traffickers.
- The OLC opinion is part of a ramped up campaign expanding CIA authorities for lethal targeting and covert action in the administration's counternarcotics campaign.
- The most recent strike, conducted last week, killed four people aboard a vessel, while a Defense Department memo to lawmakers cited the OLC opinion to call the situation an `armed conflict` and smugglers `unlawful combatants`.
- Multiple current and former JAGs told CNN that Pentagon lawyers cannot overrule the Justice Department's classified opinion, which lawmakers have repeatedly requested, while Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify Tuesday.
- Legal experts warn the opinion justifies open-ended war by allowing the president to designate drug-trafficking groups entering the United States as enemy combatants without legal review.
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It would be a technical document that sets out the legal basis for the strategy of lethal attacks against alleged drug traffickers.
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Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say
The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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