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Posted: 2013-08-20T18:06:40Z | Updated: 2013-08-20T18:06:40Z Lindsey Graham Calls For Extrajudicial Killing Of American Al Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn | HuffPost

Lindsey Graham Calls For Extrajudicial Killing Of American Al Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn

Graham Calls For Extrajudicial Killing Of American Al Qaeda Operative
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions a witness during a hearing on the use of drones on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Senate Democrats and Republicans challenged the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans' civil liberties. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took to Twitter on Monday to urge the U.S. to use lethal force against American-born al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn.

In multiple tweets, Graham described how he felt the American government should handle Gadahn, who has called for more attacks on the U.S. in a recent video produced by an al-Qaeda foundation.

Graham also wrote that Gadahn could appropriately be killed without trial -- an extrajudicial act that would be legal according to a Justice Department explanation earlier this year .

In his video, Gadahn had praised the Sept. 11, 2012, destruction of the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, and encouraged similar attacks, offering a bounty for the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein, according to CNN .

"The dead American ambassador Christopher Stevens wasn't a friend of Libya," Gadahn said in the video.

Graham, a harsh critic of the way the Obama administration handled the aftermath of the Benghazi attack, also pushed out a tweet calling that response "unacceptable."

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