DOJ White Paper on Targeted Killings
Michael Isikoff from NBC News has posted a copy of a 16-page DOJ "white paper" on the legality of targeted killings--especially vis-a-vis U.S. citizens. The memo itself is here; story here. I'm sure lots of folks (myself included) will have some thoughts on the white paper once we've had a chance to read it...
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Michael Isikoff from NBC News has posted a copy of a 16-page DOJ "white paper" on the legality of targeted killings--especially vis-a-vis U.S. citizens. The memo itself is here; story here. I'm sure lots of folks (myself included) will have some thoughts on the white paper once we've had a chance to read it...
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law. A 2004 graduate of Yale Law School, Steve clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit. In addition to serving as a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Steve is also the co-editor of Aspen Publishers’ leading National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks.
