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Military says law barring US assistance to human rights violators hurts training mission

by Eric Schmitt

WASHINGTON — A 16-year-old law that bars American aid to foreign security forces that violate human rights is drawing unusual fire from some top military commanders who say it undermines their ability to train the troops to fight militants and drug traffickers.

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