No, a new Department of Defense directive doesn’t authorize lethal force on U.S. civilians
The claims are inaccurate. The updated version of Directive 5240.01 does not grant any new power to the Defense Department and does not grant legal authority for the military to use lethal force on civilians, the department and experts told us. Updates to directives are common.
The Biden-Harris admin's latest DoD directive is accused of authorizing the U.S. military to use lethal force against ...
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The Pentagon says a recently-update directive does not give it authorization "to use lethal force against U.S. citizens or ...
But as Trump doubles down on his "enemy from within" rhetoric, DOD Directive 5240.01 continues to gain traction among his ...
The Pentagon clarified in a statement on Thursday that U.S. troops are not authorized to use force against American citizens ...
DoD addresses concerns over directive 5240.01, which allegedly allows Pentagon to use lethal force against protesters.
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Concerns from a variety of political organizations have been raised by rumors on social media over a recent DoD directive ...
The Department of Defense issued a standard policy revision in September to existing procedures for the intelligence ...
The updated policy, which took effect Tuesday, recognizes space as a priority domain of national military power.
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