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Obama's foreign policy: Is he hawk or dove?
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[BBC News] - "The Obama administration has endorsed many of the Bush administration's national security policies," says Jameel Jaffer, director of the American Civil Liberties Union - a leading US liberal rights group. Mr Jaffer says this includes "policies that
Google News: ACLU: CIA refusal to explain targeted killings 'unlawful'
[Press TV] - “We think it's clear -- and the government now acknowledges -- that there is a drone program run by the U.S. government,” Jameel Jaffer, an ACLU lawyer told a three-judge panel today. “The hard question is what is the CIA's role and whether the CIA is
Guardian: ACLU takes CIA to court as agency denies existence of drone programme
[The Guardian] - As a result the ACLU has gone to court to argue that the CIA cannot deny the existence of a programme that has been so widely reported, including in great detail in off-the-record briefings by administration and agency officials. Jameel Jaffer, the
The flaw in the government's logic on wiretapping - CNN
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· Jameel Jaffer and Alexander Abdo: The government's efforts to shield the FISA Amendments Act from judicial review are disturbing.
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