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Senior White House Official Confirms Drone Strikes, Discusses U.S. Targeting Principles and Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

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3 See section below: Attorney General Discusses Targeting of U.S. Persons.

4 [Editor’s note: see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 271, 276 (2010).Google Scholar]

5 Brennan, John O., Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, The Ethics and Efficacy of the President’s Counterterrorism Strategy (Apr. 30, 1012)Google Scholar, at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-efficacy-and-ethics-us-counterterrorism-strategy#.