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The Constitutional Question the Drone Memo Didn’t—and Couldn’t—Answer

Yesterday’s release of the Office of Legal Counsel’s “drone memo” (which, at some point, we should stop referring to in the singular) has provoked an understandable…
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DOJ OLC Targeted Killing Memo Released

This morning the 2nd Circuit published a redacted version of the long-sought Department of Justice OLC memo that authorized the killing of U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. We’ve…
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Backgrounder for Release of OLC’s Targeted Killing Memo

As Jameel discussed in an important post—“The Drone Memo Cometh”—the Second Circuit appears poised to publish the Office of Legal Counsel’s memorandum on the targeted…
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The Drone Memo Cometh

“Severe Clear,” a project by artist David Birkin. Skywriting appears over New York City in a celestial “Glomar” response. For more, see Birkin’s post here.   In…
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10 Years of Drone Strikes in Pakistan–but do you know whether it’s an “area of active hostilities”?

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the first reported US drone strike in Pakistan (punctuated by another one today). Yet there is still official silence about a crucial…
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Targeting Transparency: A Call for DoD to Automatically Release Investigations of Civilian Casualties in Armed Conflict

There has been much discussion on the lack of demonstrable government follow through after President Obama’s 2013 claims of increased transparency of US lethal targeting of suspected…
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Major development concerning transparency of the use of force in Yemen

“I think the rule should be that if we’re going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that.”…
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David Barron and the OTHER missing memos

David Barron was just confirmed to the First Circuit. To secure that vote, the Administration announced it would not appeal the Second Circuit’s order to turn over a redacted…
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Is the CIA Drone Program More Accurate than the DOD’s—and if so, why?

Some commentators suggest that we have the data: CIA-directed drone strikes appear to involve fewer civilian casualties (e.g., less collateral damage) on average than DOD-directed drone…
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Why Civil Libertarians and Drone Critics Should Support David Barron

Sen. Rand Paul has an op-ed in the New York Times today opposing the nomination of David J. Barron to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit until the memos Barron wrote…
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Legal Action Taken to Expose Denmark’s Role in US Targeted Killing Program

As reported in today’s Just Security Roundup, news this morning out of Denmark is that the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) is pursuing a potential suite of legal actions…
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Court Decision Supports Broader Disclosures on US Drone War

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision yesterday that the Obama administration had waived its right to refuse to turn over legal memos justifying the killing of a U.S.…
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