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Jameel Jaffer

Site of drone strike

How the Obama administration’s drone program normalized targeted killing

Justice

A former ACLU lawyer who challenged the secrecy of the president’s drone program says Congress and the courts should have provided more oversight.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein discusses the Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics on December 9, 2014.

Here are four key findings from the gruesome Senate report on torture

Conflict

Justice Department Memo Makes Legal Case for Killing Americans Aborad

Conflict & Justice
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