A coalition of civil liberties organisations has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to compel the disclosure of the secret legal framework used to justify a series of lethal military strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean.
The legal challenge, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR), argues that the Executive Branch has secretly rewritten the rules of engagement for counter-narcotics operations, effectively authorising extrajudicial killings without public oversight.
