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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the legal impact, financial cost, and human toll of U.S. drone strikes conducted over the past two decades. Topics included the 2001 Authoriz…

Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, and staff members at The Intercept read from their book, The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program, about the U.S. gove…

The Atlantic hosted a series of conversations with current and former senior government officials about the state of national and homeland security 15 years after the September 11, 2001, ter…

Legal analysts compared the use of executive power by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, particularly in the areas of war powers and national security. They discussed the use of d…

Panelists talked about past, current, and future oversight of intelligence agencies. “How Do We Strengthen Judicial Oversight” was a panel of “Strengthening Intelligence Oversight Lesson…

Nancy Hollander and Hina Shamsi talked about Mohamedou Slahi and his book, Guantánamo Diary. Ms. Hollander is an attorney for Mr. Slahi, a Mauritanian engineer who has been imprisoned witho…

Panelists talked about the use of drones by Presidents George W. Bush and Obama administrations for targeted killings. Topics included the legal and policy implications, the need for more op…

Hina Shamsi and Cliff May talked about the legal definition of an “enemy combatant” and the significance, history, and use of the term. They debated the implications of the Obama administrat…