Press Releases
Oct 15, 2021
Food Aid Organization Asks Pentagon to Help Family Members, Staff, and Survivors of Kabul Drone Strike
Representatives of Nutrition & Education International Met with Pentagon Officials to Discuss the U.S. Drone Strike that Killed their Employee Zemari Ahmadi and Nine of his Family Members in Kabul
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National Security
Sep 17, 2021
ACLU Statement on Pentagon’s Response to U.S. Drone Strike That Killed Civilians in Kabul
NEW YORK — Gen. McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announced today that a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on August 29, 2021 killed 10 civilians, including seven children, and wa...
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National Security
Jun 30, 2021
110+ Organizations to Biden: End U.S. Program of Lethal Strikes Abroad
WASHINGTON — Today, 113 organizations from the United States and around the world sent a letter to President Biden calling for an end to the U.S. program of lethal strikes outsid...
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National Security
May 01, 2021
ACLU Comment on Release of Trump Administration Lethal Force Rules
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration last night released President Trump’s secret rules for use of lethal force against terrorism suspects abroad. The Trump “Principles, Sta...
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National Security
Mar 04, 2021
Statement on Biden’s Review of Lethal Strikes Abroad, Including Drone Strikes
NEW YORK — Reporting indicates that the Biden administration is reviewing the U.S. program of lethal strikes abroad and has issued temporary guidance imposing some limits.
Hina...
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National Security
Jun 01, 2018
ACLU Statement on Trump Administration’s Release of Official Civilian Casualty Report
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today submitted to Congress a report revealing how many civilian casualties it believes resulted from U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syri...
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National Security
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