Leaked memo reveals the legal justification for Trump's boat strikes was written backwards

The DOJ's secret memo authorizing missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean isn't a legal analysis — it's legal laundering. According to leaks reported by The Guardian, the Office of Legal Counsel memo claims the strikes constitute 'collective self-defense' on behalf of allies like Mexico and Colombia, who supposedly need us to blow up cocaine shipments because cartels are waging 'armed violence' against their governments. — Read the rest
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