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Mark Warner: “The idea that they are now being classified as foreign…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 03:38

But. But the underlying theory of the case. And. And you mentioned this earlier. In your opening that obviously these drug cartels are dangerous, we need to stop them. But The idea that they are now being classified as foreign terrorist organizations, similar to Al Qaeda or ISIS...is a legal theory that doesn't hold. anyone involved, in a sense their argument is the drugs are the equivalent almost of bombs in terms of previous actions, you know, is. (03:38–03:58)

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Asserts that classifying drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations is a flawed legal theory.

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