The drone memos : targeted killing, secrecy, and the law

The drone memos : targeted killing, secrecy, and the law /

"The Drone Memos...collects and explains the legal documents underlying the Obama administration's hugely controversial program of remote-control assassination. Jameel Jaffer led the ACLU legal team that sued for the release of these documents. In The Drone Memos, he compiles the legal mem...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Civil Liberties Union (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Jaffer, Jameel (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Targeted killing > United States.
War and emergency powers > United States
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles (International law)
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation > United States
LAW > Constitutional.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > International Security.
Targeted killing
Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation
War and emergency powers
United States
War on Terrororism > Law and legislation
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Summary:"The Drone Memos...collects and explains the legal documents underlying the Obama administration's hugely controversial program of remote-control assassination. Jameel Jaffer led the ACLU legal team that sued for the release of these documents. In The Drone Memos, he compiles the legal memos, white papers, and government speeches that, taken together, ratified and even expanded the Bush administration's "war on terror"..."--
Physical Description:328 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781620972595
162097259X

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