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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Congress Denies Authority for War in Libya
One thing is clear after the House of Representatives considered two measures regarding military action in Libya last Friday — the president does not have authority to take the United States to war there. In March, we wrote to members of Congr...
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Congress Denies Authority for War in Libya
One thing is clear after the House of Representatives considered two measures regarding military action in Libya last Friday — the president does not have authority to take the United States to war there. In March, we wrote to members of Congr...
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