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...
Categories: Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Benjamin Wittes, Carl Levin, Dianne Feinstein, drone, drones, Jack Goldsmith, John Bellinger III, John Yoo, Samir Khan, targeted killings Tags:
Reid Detains Defense Bill over Problematic Detention Language
Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) made it clear that significant changes to the detention provisions in the Defense Authorization bill are in order. In a letter to Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ), Reid tol...
Categories: Carl Levin, detention, Harry Reid, indefinite detention, John McCain, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, posse comitatus Tags: