UN report claims US drone strikes have killed more than publicly stated
A recent report made public by the UN Friday indicates that the US is under-reporting the number of civilian deaths resulting from anti-terrorism drone strikes . In his investigation, UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson ...
Documents reveal NSA involvement in US targeted killing program
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been heavily involved in the US government's targeted killing program through collaborations with the CIA in the use of drone strikes against terrorists abroad, according to a Washington Post report...
Local officials report five Afghanistan civilians killed in NATO airstrike
Provincial police in eastern Afghanistan reported that at least five civilians were killed Friday night in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike near Jalalabad. NATO spokesman Lt. Col. William Griffin confirmed that Afghan and...
Pakistan has Failed to Comply with Counterterrorism Obligations under International Law
Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., Jindal Global Law School
Guantanamo judge considers delaying 9/11 trial over computer problems
A judge at Guantanamo Bay is considering whether to delay the trials of five men charged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks because lawyers in the case have lost data due to problems with a Pentagon computer system....
Federal judge rules government does not have to release Guantanamo videotapes
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Friday that the US government does not have to release photographs and videotapes taken during the investigation of Mohammed al-Qahtani's...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees to their home country of Algeria. The two men, Nabil Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq Ahmad Sayyab...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday insisted that US drone strikes must operate within international law. The secretary-general hailed the country's lead role in UN peacekeeping operations and addressed the controversial weapons in a speech...
On September 30, 2011, the US government carried out a successful drone strike against four suspected al-Qaeda supporters, two of whom were US citizens. Two weeks later, the US launched another drone strike killing a teenage US citizen and six...
The growing use of unmanned aerial surveillance and combat capable aircraft, otherwise known as drones, has drawn the attention of the world. In the US, drones operated by domestic agencies are conducting surveillance for border protection and crime prevention. Abroad,...
