[Peace-discuss] (Durbin hearing 4/16) Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing - Senate Subcommittee hearing

[Robert Naiman]

From: Kevin Martin
Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of
Targeted Killing - Senate Subcommittee hearing


Oppty to send in written testimony, and also for LTEs and op-eds around
drone strikes. The “constitutional and statutory authority” issue referred
to below includes the 2001 post-9/11 AUMF continuing to be used as the
“justification” for drone strikes. Sen. Durbin recently expressed concern
that the AUMF is still being used nearly a dozen years later, so this could
be an opening for us to challenge that.****

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If your senator is on the subcommittee, please let him/her hear from you!
Here’s the subcmte roster:****

*Membership - 5:4*****

*Democratic Members*
*Dick Durbin*, Illinois (Chairman)
*Al Franken*, Minnesota
*Christopher A. Coons*, Delaware
*Richard Blumenthal*, Connecticut
*Mazie Hirono*, Hawaii****

*Republican Members*
*Ted Cruz*, Texas (Ranking Member)
*Lindsey Graham*, S.C.
*John Cornyn*, Texas
*Orrin G. Hatch*, Utah****

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*Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of
Targeted Killing*****

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Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the****

Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights****

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*Date:               **April 16, 2013*****

*Time:               **10:00 a.m.*****

*Location:         **Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 (room location
is tentative; check Senate Judiciary Committee website to confirm –
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/)*****

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*Description:  *U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Assistant Majority
Leader and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, will hold the first-ever
Senate hearing on the use of drones in targeted killings. The hearing will
address the legal and policy issues raised by drone strikes, including the
constitutional and statutory authority for targeted killings, the scope of
the battlefield in the conflict with Al Qaeda and associated forces, and
the international precedent set by U.S. drone policy. The hearing will also
explore proposals to increase transparency regarding U.S. drone policy and
establish a legal architecture to regulate drone strikes.****

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*Hearing Attendance:  This hearing is open to the public.**  *Please
encourage advocates and interested members of the community to attend.  A
large audience filling both the hearing room and overflow room is critical
to showing interest in U.S. drone policy.  For our planning purposes,
please provide an estimate of the number of attendees from your
organization *by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013 *by filling out this
form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ACUjImXTCMGQRdSx2Z4Nf1-VnF2g7VGrhS140aHMF3Q/viewform>.
If it is not feasible to estimate the number of attendees from your
organization, please send the
link<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ACUjImXTCMGQRdSx2Z4Nf1-VnF2g7VGrhS140aHMF3Q/viewform>
to
the form to members so that they may individually RSVP for the hearing.****

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*Statements for the Record:  *Chairman Durbin invites advocates and
stakeholders to offer their perspectives and experiences on the issue by
submitting written testimony to be included in the hearing record.  These
statements help educate Committee members about the issue and are important
to demonstrating community interest.  Statements must be less than 10
pages, in PDF or Word Document form, and should be emailed to Stephanie
Trifone at Stephanie_Trifone at Judiciary-dem.Senate.gov as early as possible,
but no later than *Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:00 p.m*. Please note that
the Subcommittee cannot accept previously published information as a
statement for the record.****

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*Senator Dick Durbin is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights. The Subcommittee has
jurisdiction over all constitutional issues, and all legislation and policy
related to civil rights, civil liberties and human rights. The Ranking
Member of the Subcommittee is Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).*****

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-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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