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Cross-Border Targeted Killings: "Lawful But Awful"?, Rosa Brooks
Cross-Border Targeted Killings: "Lawful But Awful"?, Rosa Brooks
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Since September 11, the United States has waged two very open wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These two wars have killed nearly 7,000 U.S. military personnel and left some 50,000 American troops wounded; they have also left an unknown number of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers and civilians dead or wounded. But alongside these two costly and visible wars, the United States has also been waging what amounts to a third war.
This third war is a secret war, waged mostly by drone strikes, though it has also involved a smaller number of special operations raids. The author calls this third …
Duck-Rabbits And Drones: Legal Indeterminacy In The War On Terror, Rosa Brooks
Duck-Rabbits And Drones: Legal Indeterminacy In The War On Terror, Rosa Brooks
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In the days and weeks immediately following the 9/11 attacks, “the law” offered little to lawyers or policy-makers looking for guidance. Indeed, for many the events of 9/11 became the legal equivalent of a Rorschach test: depending on the observer, the 9/11 attacks were variously construed as criminal acts, acts of war, or something in between, thus fitting into (or triggering) any of several radically different legal regimes.
Divergent interpretations of the law are common, of course. Legal rules often contain an element of ambiguity, and the “facts” to which law must be applied can frequently be construed in multiple …