ACLU and CCR Brief in Al-Aulaqi

The ACLU and CCR have filed their response to the government's motion to the dismiss Al Aulaqi case. I haven't had a chance to read these yet, but thought I would link to them. Here is the groups' Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. In support of its position, the groups also filed declarations by Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Princeton Near Eastern Studies professor Bernard Haykel, and ACLU lawyer Jonathan Manes. The Manes declaration includes as an exhibit what he describes as "a complete copy of a set of 47 briefing slides that were disclosed to the ACLU in response to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records relating to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles-commonly known as 'drones'--for the purpose of targeted killing. The briefing slides disclose in considerable detail the various steps that are undertaken and considerations that are taken into account when the military engages in targeted strikes."