Israeli Legal Expert: Lack of Judicial Oversight in Targeted Killings a ‘Recipe for Disaster’

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Amos Guiora gave legal advice on targeted killings to the Israeli Defense Force in Gaza in the 1990s.

He’s troubled by the vague language in the leaked Justice Department memo (PDF), and tells anchor Marco Werman why he thinks the lack of judicial oversight in targeted killings is a ‘recipe for disaster.’

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