Congress can’t stop the CIA from working with forces that commit abuses
SalonFor more than two decades, the U.S. military has been barred from providing training and equipment to foreign security forces that commit "gross violations of internationally recognized human rights." In an email, Leahy said he believes that the law's human rights requirements need to be expanded to "cover certain counter-terrorism operations involving U.S. special forces and foreign partners. "U.S. support for foreign security forces, whether through the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA or other agencies," Leahy wrote, "must be subject to effective congressional oversight so when mistakes are made or crimes committed, those responsible are held accountable." "Sen. Leahy's position has always been that the policy should be consistent, that we should not support units of foreign security forces that commit gross violations of human rights regardless of the source of the funds, but that is not what the law says."
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