Intelligence Matters

The Ethics and Impact of Drone Strikes: Georgetown Law Professor Mitt Regan

Oct 12, 2022

42:55

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The More Transparency, the Better, Right?

01:43

The Use of Drones Against Al Qaeda

01:55

The Legal Basis of the Killing of Qasem Soleimani by the Trump Administration

02:26

Introduction

2min

What Do We Really Know About the U.S. Targeting Campaign?

2min

The U.S. Position on Targeted Killings Outside of a War Zone

3min

The Legal Basis of the Killing of Qasem Soleimani by the Trump Administration

2min

The Use of Drones Against Al Qaeda

2min

What's Happened to Strikes Since 2013?

2min

The Effects of Al-Qaida Strikes in the Tribal Areas

4min

The Impact of Strikes on Al-Shabaab

2min

Is the U.S. Safe From Civilian Casualties?

5min

10.

How Do We Square What We Found With John Strikes?

2min

11.

Is There Bias in the Investigations?

3min

12.

The Takeout With Major Garrett - You Are More Than Your 401k or Your 403b

4min

13.

The Ethics of Drones for Targeted Killings Outside of War Zones

3min

14.

The More Transparency, the Better, Right?

2min

15.

Are You Going to Justify a Targeted Killing?

3min

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, Michael Morell speaks with Georgetown Law Professor Mitt Regan about his new book Drone Strike: Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing. They discuss the effect of drone strikes on al-Qaeda's continuation and growth, the lack of a systematic civilian casualty mitigation efforts, and the ethics of drone strikes outside of a war zone.

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