[Peace-discuss] write to Durbin about his drone strike hearing on April 16

[Robert Naiman]

This is kind of an unusual situation: our Senator is in charge of this
hearing. It would be great if he would hear from people in Illinois about
it.

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Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Subject: A16: Let Sarah Knuckey and James Cavallaro Testify About the Drone
Strikes
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Dear Robert,

*Tell your Senator to call the authors of the Living Under Drones report to
testify during an upcoming hearing on the drone strike policy.
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 On April 16, the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, chaired by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, is holding *a hearing
on the drone strike policy for the first time.* [1]

This could be a historic opportunity for the public to learn what has
actually been happening on the ground as a result of the drone strike
policy in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. But that will only be true if
Durbin calls the right witnesses. *Durbin needs to call witnesses who can
speak authoritatively and directly to what has been happening on the ground.
*

*Sarah Knuckey and James Cavallaro are professors of law who went to
Pakistan, interviewed drone strike survivors, and wrote a report about it,
"Living Under Drones."* [2] If they are called to testify, what they say in
the hearing will be reported in the media, and Americans will find out
about what has been really happening.

*We're writing to you because you have a Senator who serves on the
subcommittee.* Can you write to them and urge them to support calling Sarah
Knuckey and James Cavallaro to testify? You can also urge them to publicly
support issuing a subpoena for the Office of Legal Counsel drone strike
memos if the Administration will not willingly hand them over to the Senate
Judiciary Committee.

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Thank you for all you do to help bring about a more just foreign policy,

Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy

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References:

1. "A16: Let Sarah Knuckey and James Cavallaro Testify About the Drone
Strikes," Robert Naiman, Huffington Post, 3/19/2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/senate-drone-hearings_b_2910146.html<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bbYi2cnuMHqNdDGtrQ0JC4s3voZ4Ho35>
2. You can watch a video about the report at the link above. Or, if you are
so inclined, read the full report here:
http://www.livingunderdrones.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Stanford-NYU-LIVING-UNDER-DRONES.pdf<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=O62LOlWCcN2A8TFUN9HCbos3voZ4Ho35>


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