Just 2 months ago Trump ordered another assassination without Gang of Eight notice.
But what happened yesterday was even worse, because assassinating an official state leader -- as opposed to an ISIS terrorist -- can be taken as an act of war against Iran.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-left-top-democrats-dark-about-al-baghdadi-raid-n1072556
Oct. 27, 2019, 10:26 AM PDT / Updated Oct. 27, 2019, 1:57 PM PDT
By Allan Smith
President Donald Trump said he did not give many congressional leaders advance notice of the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday because he was afraid of "leaks," he told reporters at a Sunday news conference.
"We notified some, others are being notified now as I speak," Trump said. "We were going to notify them last night but we decided not to do that because Washington leaks like nothing I've ever seen before. There has no country in the world that leaks like we do. Washington is a leaking machine."
Trump said the members of Congress he informed ahead of the raid were North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, both Republicans. Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is on what is known as the "Gang of Eight" for intelligence-related matters: Senate and House leaders from both parties and the chairman and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.
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