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Elissa Slotkin: “It is illegal for the Department of Defense to surveil the…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin Questions DOD Officials on Unlawful Orders, Troops at the Polls, and AI

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

You know, there's been a bunch of talk lately about the use of artificial intelligence in military targeting in the kill chain and sort of the decisions on life and death. And there's also been discussion about domestic surveillance. Right. Do you agree that It is illegal for the Department of Defense to surveil the American people unless individual Americans have proven a threat to US Security. Yes, Senator, that falls under the intel oversight. And I'm very aware. And we follow all of those rules. Yeah. And I think, you know, we never want our military. (02:56–03:06)

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Asserts that DoD surveillance of Americans is illegal without a proven security threat.

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