POL340Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: International Humanitarian Law, Noah Feldman, Jack Goldsmith
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Milena sterio, the united states" use of drones in the war on terror (available at https://scholarlycommons. law. case. edu/cgi/viewcontent. cgi? article=1072&context=jil) Human rights watch, between a drone and al-qaeda (2012) (available at https://www. hrw. org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/yemen1013web. pdf) Noah feldman, liberals like me caused the illegal drone war (2013) (available at https://www. ohio. com/akron/editorial/noah-feldman-liberals- like-me-caused-the-illegal-drone-war) Drones are easy / convenient way of killing the enemy. Remind public that government isn"t actually in charge. Other forms of attack also may accidentally kill civilians. Bush policy of counterinsurgency was to strengthen local governments. Obama had pledged to close guantanamo - could not exactly do anything with captured terrorists. No clear legal authority to hold detainees under bush. Detention is problematic, but better than straight-up murdering people. Obama stuck condemning detention because all other democrats were doing the same. Jack goldsmith, obama"s drone memo is exactly what he said it"d be (2013) (available at https://newrepublic. com/article/112337/112337) Imminent threat - but no evidence of specific attack. No mechanism for judicial review before killing someone involved with.
