Honorable Patrick Leahy
United States Senator,Vermont, Democrat
Senator Leahy was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974. He chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. The following is excerpted from an April 23, 2013, statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights hearing on “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing.” Today, the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights holds an important hearing to explore the administration’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” to target and kill suspected terrorists overseas. The subcommittee will examine the constitutional and statutory authority to use drones to…
