Human rights groups criticize Burr after report he called for assassinating American fromTexas

U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) (C), flanked by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (L) and Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) (R). [Reuters]

The American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch on Monday condemned reports that U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) called in 2013 for the CIA to locate and kill a U.S. citizen whod become a top al Qaida operative, instead of capturing him and putting him on trial. Read the rest