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03/29/2012
Targeted Killings

Calling Out the CIA for Its Secrecy Game on Targeted Killing

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 6:21pm
Today Andrew Rosenthal of The New York Times published a thoughtful column discussing the untenable position taken by the government in response to the ACLU's two ... Read More
03/22/2012
Targeted Killings

Broad Spectrum of Organizations Support ACLU Legal Fight for Transparency on U.S. Drone Program

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 4:29pm
Today, nine organizations submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the CIA's use of ... Read More
03/15/2012
Targeted Killings

Drone Strikes Filing Today: Appealing the CIA's Attempt to Hide the Worst-Kept Secret in the World

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 3:17pm
Today the ACLU filed its appeal brief in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the CIA's use of drones to carry out targeted killings around ... Read More
03/05/2012
Targeted Killings

In Targeted Killing Speech, Holder Mischaracterizes Debate Over Judicial Review

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 7:34pm
In a system of constitutional checks and balances, it simply cannot be the case that the executive branch alone should determine whether U.S. citizens have the right ... Read More
02/24/2012
Targeted Killings

Targeted Killing Drone Strikes: Secret or Not? The Government Wants It Both Ways

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 4:27pm
Today was the first court hearing in our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit demanding information about the government’s targeted killing program, including the ... Read More
02/07/2012
Targeted Killings

VIDEO: Report on Drone Strike Civilian Casualties and New Questions About Legality

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 12:00pm
Over the weekend, the UK-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Sunday Times of London published a detailed and distressing report revealing that ... Read More
02/01/2012
Targeted Killings

ACLU Sues U.S. for Information on Targeted Killing Program

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 12:28pm
Today we filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to demand the government release basic, accurate information about its targeted killing program. Read More
12/07/2011
Government Secrecy

Secrecy Without Sense: State Department Censors Cables Already Published by WikiLeaks

By Anna Estevao, National Security Project & Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 9:27pm
For the first time, the government has acknowledged that the WikiLeaks release contains authentic State Department cables. Read More
10/19/2011
Targeted Killings

U.S. Must Explain Targeted Killings of Its Own Citizens

By Nathan Freed Wessler, Fellow, ACLU National Security Project at 3:41pm
Today the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about the legal and factual basis for the targeted killings of three U.S. ... Read More
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