Napolitano: Border agents were allowed to use lethal force


Janet Napolitano, secretary of homeland security

By Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
10:59 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and his fellow agents were not under orders to refrain from using lethal force in the gunbattle that led to Agent Terry’s death in December.

Testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Miss Napolitano said agents are allowed to use lethal force “if you are under threat of serious injury or death.â€