A group of legal experts testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday regarding the growing need for new privacy laws because of the rapid advancement of drone technologies and their increased use. The escalation ...
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Federal appeals court judge reverses ruling on CIA drone records
Judge Merrick Garland of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court ruling which allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm or deny whether it has...
UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson announced Thursday that the government of Pakistan considers US drone strikes to be "counter-productive, contrary to international law, and a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and...
Holder: drone strikes on US soil legal in 'extraordinary circumstances'
A letter written by US Attorney General Eric Holder to Senator Rand Paul suggests that in "extraordinary circumstances" it would be lawful and within the president's authority to use a weaponized drone to carry out...
Drone Operations in Current US Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
Kevin Govern, Ave Maria School of Law
NBC News on Monday released a Department of Justice (DOJ) confidential "white paper" that reveals details of the legal justifications for the Obama administration's unprecedented use of lethal drone strikes [JURIST...
Former CIA operative sentenced to prison for disclosing confidential information
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has sentenced former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent John Kiriakou, who was among the first to disclose information to the public about the CIA's...
UN rights expert announces investigation into use of drone strikes
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson announced on Thursday that he will begin investigating the legality of the use of drone strikes. Emmerson said that after asking the US to allow an...