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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#993366">Once we made it clear that we were going to mount our Demonstration during Killer Koh’s Endowed Lecture at Noon, the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty immediately
organized an additional early morning lecture for Killer Koh so that he could better justify himself. The Illinois Nazi Law Faculty never made any effort to organize a debate between him and me. Rather the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty spent an entire day maliciously
ramming Killer Koh down the throats of everyone in this Good Community as a Role Model for Lawyers in Government Service.
<u>Law School Off Campus!<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#993366">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#993366">Champaign, IL 61820 USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#993366">217-333-7954 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 30, 2017 1:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Green <davegreen84@yahoo.com>; sherwoodross10@gmail.com; peace-discuss@anti-war.net; C. G. ESTABROOK <carl@newsfromneptune.com>; a-fields@uiuc.edu; Hoffman, Valerie J <vhoffman@illinois.edu>; Joe Lauria <joelauria@gmail.com>; Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net;
peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net; Miller, Joseph Thomas <jtmiller@illinois.edu>; Szoke, Ron <r-szoke@illinois.edu>; Arlene Hickory <a23h23@yahoo.com>; David Swanson <davidcnswanson@gmail.com>; Karen Aram <karenaram@hotmail.com>; abass10@gmail.com;
mickalideh@gmail.com; Lina Thorne <lina@worldcantwait.net>; chicago@worldcantwait.net; Jay <futureup2us@gmail.com>; Estabrook, Carl G <galliher@illinois.edu>; David Johnson <davidjohnson1451@comcast.net>; Mildred O'brien <moboct1@aim.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It was Obama and Killer Koh who
<i><u>institutionalized </u></i>their drone murder extermination Campaign against Muslims/Arabs/Asians of Color—then turned their <i><u>Genocidal Machinery</u></i> over to Trump. And Killer Koh did not just give any old “lecture” here at the College of Law.
Rather, the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty specifically chose Killer Koh to give an Endowed Lecture in a Series for Lawyer Role Models in Government Service.
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Law School Off Campus!<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Champaign, IL 61820 USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 30, 2017 10:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Green <<a href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">davegreen84@yahoo.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:sherwoodross10@gmail.com">sherwoodross10@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">
peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>; C. G. ESTABROOK <<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:a-fields@uiuc.edu">a-fields@uiuc.edu</a>; Hoffman, Valerie J <<a href="mailto:vhoffman@illinois.edu">vhoffman@illinois.edu</a>>; Joe Lauria <<a href="mailto:joelauria@gmail.com">joelauria@gmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>;
<a href="mailto:peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net</a>; Miller, Joseph Thomas <<a href="mailto:jtmiller@illinois.edu">jtmiller@illinois.edu</a>>; Szoke, Ron <<a href="mailto:r-szoke@illinois.edu">r-szoke@illinois.edu</a>>;
Arlene Hickory <<a href="mailto:a23h23@yahoo.com">a23h23@yahoo.com</a>>; David Swanson <<a href="mailto:davidcnswanson@gmail.com">davidcnswanson@gmail.com</a>>; Karen Aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:abass10@gmail.com">abass10@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:mickalideh@gmail.com">
mickalideh@gmail.com</a>; Lina Thorne <<a href="mailto:lina@worldcantwait.net">lina@worldcantwait.net</a>>;
<a href="mailto:chicago@worldcantwait.net">chicago@worldcantwait.net</a>; Jay <<a href="mailto:futureup2us@gmail.com">futureup2us@gmail.com</a>>; Estabrook, Carl G <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>>; David Johnson <<a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a>>;
Mildred O'brien <<a href="mailto:moboct1@aim.com">moboct1@aim.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:red">May this Drone Murder Extermination Campaign against Muslims/Arabs/Asians of Color be upon the Heads of the entire Illinois Nazi
Law Faculty for the rest of Eternity! </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#00B050">fab<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.theintercept.com%2Famp%2Fdrone-strikes-columbia-law-human-rights-yemen.html&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=s7CFkiw5aqGEKjwcFC%2FFO1RziFwQPunFJe1dmg277eI%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black">https://static.theintercept.com/amp/drone-strikes-columbia-law-human-rights-yemen.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">M</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.2pt">urtaza<span style="text-transform:uppercase">
H</span>ussain<span style="text-transform:uppercase">, </span>The Intercept<span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">OVER THE PAST DECADE</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">,
the United States has claimed broad authority to carry out drone strikes across the world, even in places far from the battlefield. Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. acknowledged killing between 2,867 and 3,138 people in strikes that took place in countries
like Somalia, Yemen, and Pakistan.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Although in the waning days of his presidency, Obama took some steps to improve transparency about drone strikes, including providing the total estimated death
toll, a new report by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic and the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies says that the U.S. is still lagging in providing a full accounting of its drone program. Among other failures, the report, titled “<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outoftheshadowsreport.com%2F%23new-page&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=kBQMIEQJ4Gol90AZuFHatbAy0NH8n431sHMsP%2FlNqKc%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Out
of the Shadows: Recommendations to Advance Transparency in the Use of Lethal Force</span></a>,” says that the U.S. has only acknowledged approximately 20 precent of its reported drone strikes — failing to claim responsibility or provide details in the vast
majority of cases.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Meanwhile, the drone program is intensifying. Since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, the rate of drone strikes per month has increased
by almost four times Obama’s average. Yemen in particular has been a target of many of these operations, with between nine and 11 strikes hitting the country this year, along with 81 other covert attacks by U.S. forces, according to <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebureauinvestigates.com%2Fdrone-war%2Fdata%2Fyemen-reported-us-covert-actions-2017&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=F5rCjm5KVBWiRzkMV8TpVvilgSlxRNdW9SEdVh5gryc%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">statistics</span></a> compiled
by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">The authors of the new report say that the government’s failure to provide information or legal rationales for its strikes is making it impossible to understand the
full scope of the government’s targeted killing program, as well as its impact on civilians.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">“For years, the only way we knew anything about individual strikes was from media reports or individual statements about strikes from government officials,”
said Alex Moorehead, of the Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, highlighting the failure of the government to provide details about cases in which drones have been used for targeted killings. “When we talk about official acknowledgment, we are talking
about specific information about individual strikes, which is what matters to people who have had loved ones killed.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">The estimated number of civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes varies widely, with some <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebureauinvestigates.com%2Fprojects%2Fdrone-war&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=6PtJar1rsDmHd2B%2FOuzvVM%2FIJqfEk%2FbkjW3ie%2BaOoQE%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">independent
estimates</span></a> recording hundreds of civilian deaths, while the U.S. government often <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2016%2F07%2F01%2Fobama-administration-finally-releases-its-dubious-drone-death-toll%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=6xooQUExkVd4DchTRHOMfiMgT6xCwNSsVyWzkRdo%2B8U%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">claims</span></a> that
figures run only into the dozens. The U.S. military has also been criticized for policies like “signature strikes,” in which individuals have been killed based on their status as “military-age males” in areas where U.S. drones are operating. These policies
are alleged to be responsible for cases in which weddings, funerals, and other communal gatherings have been bombed in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">“There is a difference in how Western civilians are treated versus non-Western civilians,” Moorehead said. “Of all the civilians who have been killed in these
strikes, only the two Westerners who were killed in a <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Farticle%2Fhuman-rights-groups-obama-investigate-all-civilian-victims-drone-strikes%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=f%2BK7L6EvYzix0lsp1Q%2BgiH%2BtFXsqoFcwa%2FQcp72B5s0%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">2016
strike</span></a> have ever received any formal acknowledgement, apology, and compensation from the government.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Locals in Yemen have alleged that, in recent months, drone strikes carried out by the Trump administration killed civilians on numerous occasions. One strike
reported last month in Yemen’s Shabwah Province allegedly <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2017%2F05%2F19%2Fu-s-drone-strike-in-yemen-killed-men-who-had-nothing-to-do-with-al-qaeda-according-to-relatives%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=kNhn8hExgJRhmotjb%2FeucAgBN3O228mUhYpNsVXRW2s%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">targeted</span></a> a
car full of men with no existing links to terrorist groups, as well as several innocent bystanders. Despite such incidents, Trump has promised measures that would <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fus-news%2Ftrump-admin-ups-drone-strikes-tolerates-more-civilian-deaths-n733336&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=R%2Ff%2Ff8WChrvxOFCOUCym8zXCr0VTzGnim2IPcmx7isQ%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">further
loosen</span></a> targeting standards for drone operators, likely putting civilians in even greater danger. Many Yemenis say that the anger and grief inflicted by these strikes is outweighing any perceived counterterrorism benefit — and even driving some local
people into the arms of Al Qaeda.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">“The drone program in Yemen has inflicted a lot of civilian deaths that have not been investigated, acknowledged, or even taken into consideration by the U.S.
government,” said Waleed Alhariri, director of the Sana’a Center’s U.S. office and one of the co-authors of the report. “In some cases weddings have been targeted, which has resulted in a lot of public anger from ordinary people towards the United States and
has helped recruitment for al Qaeda.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">The secrecy of the drone program has made it difficult for civil liberties organizations in the U.S. to provide a full accounting of its impact. More importantly, this
secrecy has also made it harder for civilians directly impacted by drones to even understand why they have been targeted. Lacking any ability to find out the details about cases in which they or their loved ones were harmed, Yemeni civilians are generally
unable to even obtain recognition, let alone compensation, for the life-changing consequences of these attacks. That those targeted often come from poor and remote regions of the country only makes it harder for them to obtain justice.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">“The U.S. public is not aware what is happening in this program. They need more transparency and they need to know the truth,” said Alhariri. “But Yemenis
who have been impacted also need to know why they’ve been targeted. People have died, lost the ability to work and lost family members they relied on. They’ve been ignored and they feel helpless in the face of U.S. military polic</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">y
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