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Obama Faces Turning Point on Administration Drone Policy - the Hill's DEFCON Hill Targeted(Killings:(Effective(Advocacy(Strategies(! March 14-15 | Columbia Law School ! Conference!Notes! ! Targeted(Killings:(Effective(Advocacy(Strategies( Conference(Notes(|(March(14>15,(2013(|(Columbia(Law(School,(New(York,(NY(! !! ! These!notes!provide!a!reference!point!for!topics!covered!in!each!session!of!the!meeting.!They!consist!of!summaries! and!excerpts!of!documents:!government!reports;!commentaries;!and!media!reports.!These!documents!represent!a! very!small!sampling!of!the!scholarship,!documentation,!advocacy!and!legal!analysis!recently!produced!in!relation!to! the!issues!to!be!discussed.! Organized!by!session,!the!summaries!provide!an!orientation!to!the!specific!issues!we!will!discuss!at!the!meeting.!The! materials!will!be!available!in!a!printed!packet!distributed!on!Thursday.! ! List!of!Summarized!and!Excerpted!Materials! ( SESSION(I:(WHERE(DO(WE(GO(FROM(HERE?( 1.( Obama(faces(turning(point(on(administration(drone(policy(.....................................................................................................(1( 2.( Obama(Wants(Legislation(on(Drones,(Senate’s(Defense(Spending(Chairman(Says(.........................................................(4( 3.( Letter(to(President(Obama(.......................................................................................................................................................................(6( 4.( Why(a(Drone(Court(Won’t(Work(–(But((Nominal)(Damages(Might…(.....................................................................................(9( SESSION(II:(ENVISIONING(EFFECTIVE(STRATEGIES(FOR(SECOND>TERM(ADVOCACY( 5.( Obama’s(Drone(Debacle(..........................................................................................................................................................................(12( 6.( The(Inside(Story(of(How(the(White(House(Administration(Let(Diplomacy(Fail(in(Afghanistan(..............................(16( 7.( Letter(in(Support(of(Brennan(Nomination(.....................................................................................................................................(28( SESSION(III:(THE(GROWING(ROLE(OF(JSOC(AND(THE(FUTURE(OF(THE(DRONE(PROGRAM( 8.( The(Command:(Deep(Inside(the(President’s(Secret(Army(.......................................................................................................(30( SESSION(IV:(GEOGRAPHIC(SCOPE(OF(ARMED(CONFLICT( 9.( The(geographical(scope(of(non>international(armed(conflict(.............................................................................................(104( 10.( Targeting(the(‘Terrorist(Enemy’:(The(Boundaries(of(an(Armed(Conflict(Against(Transnational(Terrorists(108( 11.( Confronting(Complexity(Through(Law:(The(Case(for(Reason,(Vision(and(Humanity(.............................................(135( 12.( Administration(debates(stretching(9/11(law(to(go(after(new(al>Qaeda(offshoots(..................................................(154( 13.( Repeal(the(Military(Force(Law(.......................................................................................................................................................(157( 14.( A(Statutory(Framework(for(Next>Generation(Terrorist(Threats(....................................................................................(159( SESSION(V:(MESSAGING(FOR(PUBLIC(OPINION(&(POLITICAL(SUPPORT( 15.( Visions(of(Drones(Swarming(U.S.(Skies(Hit(Bipartisan(Nerve(..........................................................................................(175( 16.( Media(Coverage(of(the(Drone(Program(......................................................................................................................................(179( 17.( Questions(on(Drones,(Unanswered(Still(.....................................................................................................................................(206( 18.( Opinion(on(Drones(Depends(on(Who’s(Being(Killed:(Poll(..................................................................................................(209( ! ! Session!I:!Where!Do!We!Go!From!Here?! 1. (Obama(faces(turning(point(on(administration(drone(policy( Jeremy&Herb&and&Justin&Sink,&TheHill.com&(March&8,&2013)& ! News!article:!This!piece!in!The&Hill!describes!varying!degrees!of!congressional!support!for!the!growing!criticism!of!the! drone!program!from!both!sides!of!the!aisle.!The!piece!alludes!to!the!development!of!standards!for!use!of!drones,! and!goes!on!to!elaborate!on!the!potential!Congressional!allies!for!critics!of!the!targeted!killing!program.! 2. (Obama(Wants(Legislation(on(Drones,(Senate’s(Defense(Spending(Chairman(Says( John&M.&Donnelly,&Congressional&Quarterly&Roll&Call&(March&7,&2013)& ! News!article:!This!news!alert!describes!a!Presidential!push!for!lawmakers!to!establish!legal!standards!to!govern!the! use!of!drones!in!targeted!operations,!as!reported!by!Senator!Richard!J.!Durbin.!Senator!Diane!Feinstein!echoed! these!reports!in!comments!on!Monday!March!11.!!The!alert!also!reports!a!Senate!Judiciary!Committee!hearing!on! drone!policy!to!be!held!in!April.! 3. Letter(to(President(Obama( Democratic&Members&of&Congress&(March&11,&2013)& ! Advocacy!letter:!This!letter,!signed!by!eight!Democratic!members!of!Congress!and!addressed!to!the!President,!marks! an!important!push!from!the!President’s!party!for!increased!transparency.!The!letter,!which!addresses!attacks!against! both!American!citizens!and!“others”!urges!greater!transparency!to!Congress!and!the!public!with!respect!to!legal! standards,!and!takes!issue!with!problematic!aspects!of!the!leaked!DOJ!White!Paper.!! 4. (Why(a(Drone(Court(Won’t(Work(–(But((Nominal)(Damages(Might…( Stephen&Vladeck,&Lawfare.com&(February&10,&2013)! Blog!post:!This!Lawfare!blog!post!sets!out!the!domestic!legal!arguments!and!policy!against!an!exNante,&exNparte!FISCR style!court!to!review!drone!strikes.!He!argues!that!a!“drone!warrant”!would!differ!from!a!FISA!warrant!because!the! former!does!not!contemplate!future!judicial!proceedings.!At!the!policy!level,!Vladeck!contends!that!courts!are! incompetent!to!make!military!decisions,!and!that!they!would!feel!immense!pressure!to!sign!off!on!executive! requests.!As!an!alternative,!Vladeck!proposes!codification!of!a!statutory!cause!of!action!for!nominal!damages!for! those!unlawfully!killed.! ! Session!II:!Envisioning!Effective!Strategies!for!Second;Term!Advocacy! 5. Obama’s(Drone(Debacle( Daniel&Klaidman,&The&Daily&Beast&(March&9,&2013)! ! Analysis:!This!article!explores!the!reasons!for!political!tumult!surrounding!the!recent!confirmation!of!John!Brennan! for!head!of!the!CIA.!It!asks!how!the!White!House!could!have!allowed!the!liberal!base!to!ally!with!conservative!forces! in!Congress!on!the!issue!of!drone!strikes.!The!author!concludes!that!the!lack!of!transparency!from!the!Obama! administration!has!alienated!the!White!House!from!some!of!its!core!constituents.!The!article!describes!an!internal! strife!in!the!White!House!between,!on!the!one!hand,!the!President!and!officials!who!pushed!for!greater! transparency,!such!as!Harold!Koh!and,!on!the!other,!“secrecy!obsessed!spooks!and!handwringing!lawyers”!urging! classification.! 6. The(Inside(Story(of(How(the(White(House(Administration(Let(Diplomacy(Fail(in(Afghanistan( Vali&Nasr,&Foreign&Policy&(March/April&2013)& ! Article:!The!author,!former!Obama!State!Department!official,!describes!his!experience!in!striving,!along!with!others! at!the!State!Department,!toward!a!policy!of!diplomacy!and!away!from!one!of!military!engagement.!The!author! describes!a!culture!of!increased!aversion!to!risk.!In!one!of!the!most!relevant!portions!of!the!article,!the!author! relates!the!affect!drone!strikes!in!Pakistan!had!on!the!US’!intelligence!relationship!with!the!Pakistani!government.! 7. Letter(in(Support(of(Brennan(Nomination(( Former&Obama&Administration&Lawyers,&published&on&Lawfare&(January&22,&2013)& & Advocacy!Letter:!This!letter,!signed!by!eight!former!Obama!Administration!lawyers!endorses!John!Brennan’s! nomination!for!Director!of!the!CIA.!The!letter!describes!Brennan!as!committed!to!sound!legal!reasoning!and!broad! interagency!oversight.!It!also!describes!him!as!a!“leader!in!support!of!the!rule!of!law,”!and!a!“steadfast!champion!of! the!President’s!commitment!to!closing!the!detention!facility!at!Guantanamo.! ! Session!III:!The!Growing!Role!of!JSOC!and!the!Future!of!the!Drone!Program! 8. The(Command:(Deep(Inside(the(President’s(Secret(Army( Marc&Ambinder&&&D.B.&Grady,&eBook&(2012)! ! Book:!This!book!was!generously!shared!by!coRauthor!and!meeting!guest!Marc!Ambinder.!A!brief!synopsis:! “Ambinder!and!Grady!provide!readers!with!a!concise!and!comprehensive!recent!history!of!the!special!missions!units! that!comprise!the!most!effective!weapon!against!terrorism!ever!conceived.!For!the!first!time,!they!reveal!JSOC's! organizational!chart!and!describe!some!of!the!secret!technologies!and!methods!that!catalyze!their!intelligence!and! kinetic!activities.!They!describe!how!JSOC!migrated!to!the!center!of!U.S.!military!operations,!and!how!they!fused! intelligence!and!operations!in!such!a!way!that!proved!crucial!to!beating!back!the!IraQ!insurgency.!They!also!disclose! previously!unreported!instances!where!JSOC's!activities!may!have!skirted!the!law,!and!question!the!ability!of! Congress!to!oversee!units!that,!by!design,!must!operate!with!minimum!interference.”! ! Session!IV:!Geographic!Scope!of!Armed!Conflict! 9. The(geographical(scope(of(non>international(armed(conflict( Anthony&Cullen,&The&Concept&of&NonNInternational&Armed&Conflict&in&Humanitarian&Law&(Cambridge&University& Press&2010)&[Excerpt]!
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