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Congressional guests praise U.S. operation in Venezuela and defend secrecy over congressional notice
Summary
On a televised program, guests identified as Carlos Jimenez and Brian Mass praised a U.S. operation reported to have captured Nicolás Maduro, defended not notifying Congress on operational-security grounds, and said the U.S. should press for free, fair Venezuelan elections; Marco Rubio warned notifying Congress would have risked leaks.
Carlos Jimenez and Brian Mass, introduced on the program as congressional guests associated with Homeland Security, lauded a recent U.S. operation in Venezuela that the host characterized as capturing Nicolás Maduro and said secrecy and careful planning were crucial to the mission’s success.
"You can't congressionally notify something like this for two reasons," said Marco Rubio during the segment, adding that prior notification would have risked a leak and that the situation was an "exigent circumstance." One guest said he had been briefed and that there were "very specific threats" of leaks that could have jeopardized the mission, and that those threats were…
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