Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has called U.S. strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean “extrajudicial killings.” In an Oct. 26 interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Paul said no evidence has been presented to Congress to justify the President’s military operations against vessels that officials say are transporting narcotics with the aim of reaching the U.S., reported The Hill.
“A briefing is not enough to overcome the Constitution,” Paul continued. “The Constitution says that when you go to war, Congress has to vote on it.” He added that “to be clear, we’ve got no information. I’ve been invited to no briefing.”
Paul recognized that during war, there are often “lower rules for engagement,” and “people do sometimes get killed without due process.”
“But the drug war … or the crime war has typically been something we do through law enforcement. And so far, they have alleged that these people are drug dealers. No one said their name. No one said what evidence. No one said whether they’re armed. And we’ve had no evidence presented….
