U.S. Must Explain Targeted Killings of Its Own Citizens
Today the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about the legal and factual basis for the targeted killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen. Last month, Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed when unmanned d...
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Killing of Al-Awlaki: Even When Trying to Fight Terrorism, the President Must Still Follow the Constitution
The debate over the U.S. government's targeted killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki continued this week. ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jameel Jaffer took on former Bush lawyer (and torture memo writer) John Yoo on Southern California Public Radio’s AirTal...
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After Al-Aulaqi’s Killing, Why Due Process Matters
In "Crime or War: Execution or Assassination?" David Shipler of The Shipler Report writes about why due process — even for terrorism suspects who have admitted to plotting against the U.S. — is important: So, why bother to brin...
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ACLU Lens: American Citizen Anwar Al-Aulaqi Killed Without Judicial Process
Today in Yemen, U.S. air strikes killed American citizen Anwar Al-Aulaqi. Al-Aulaqi has never been charged with a crime. Last year, the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights represented Al-Aulaqi's father in a lawsuit challenging the governmen...
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