the aclu is in a court battle with the u.s. government to try to force the release of information on the secretive program. late last month harold koh, a very distinguished liberal, provided a spirited defense of the predator. he says the use of predators complies with all applicable law, domestic and international. his basic argument boils down to this, on 9/11 the united states went to war with al qaeda and the taliban and, koh says, the u.s. government has the authority and responsibility to defend itself, including targeting terrorists from afar. how do i feel about the predators? on balance i agree with koh and with the administration. fighting al qaeda this way seems legitimate. but i worry a lot about the precedent. imagine, for example, if russia were to announce that they are chechen terrorists in georgia and were to start lobbing missiles into that country. how would we feel?
the aclu is in a court battle with the u.s. government to try to force it to release information on the secret i have program. now, late last month, state department legal adviser harold koh, a very distinguished liberal, usually on the same side as the aclu, provided a spirited defense of the predator. he says the use of predators complies with all applicable law, domestic and international. his basic argument boils down to this. on 9/11, the united states went to war with al qaeda and the taliban and koh says the u.s. government therefore has the authority and responsibility to defend itself, including targeting terrorists from afar. how do i feel about the predators? on balance, i agree with koh and with the administration. fighting al qaeda this way seems legitimate. but i worry a lot about the precedent. imagine, for example, if russia were to announce that there were chechen terrorists in georgia and were start lobbying missiles into that country.