Congressional Testimony on Drone Warfare and Targeted Killings

Targeted killing of enemy combatants is legally distinct from assassination, and the distinction is what makes the practice defensible.

Testimony arguing that the United States should continue using drones for targeted killings of suspected terrorists. It grounds the legal case in the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs and in Article 51 of the UN Charter, which preserves the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense.