This makes 75 deaths in 19 strikes.

The president is using our armed forces to kill people suspected of drug crimes on his say so. They call it “armed conflict” because they don’t want to acknowledge it’s murder. But it’s “not hostilities” because they don’t want to ask Congress for approval.

One of the great panels at this year's annual conference bringing together the responsible arms trade, human rights and anti-corruption communities. 12/10 in Washington DC. Sign up now www.forumarmstrade.org/annual2025.h...
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The Pentagon officials, in a classified briefing, acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
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Another essential piece--a perfect complement to @charliesavage.bsky.social's story yesterday about the broader evisceration of procedural checks when it comes to assessing legality in the Trump Administration.

Kudos to @seharrison7.bsky.social and @marknevitt.bsky.social.

Interested in the ways that the Caribbean (and Pacific) drug strikes are unlawful?

@justsecurity.org has 15 Articles (!) from experts @becingber.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @martylederman.bsky.social @seharrison7.bsky.social @mikeschmitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...

The U.S. pressure campaign in the Caribbean risks destabilizing the broader Andes region, with potentially catastrophic spillover effects.

Our latest statement from @CrisisGroup

🧵 on Colombia takeaways 👇

www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...

"For the first time in U.S. history, lethal military force has been authorized solely to target drug traffickers—a move that marks an extraordinary assertion of expanded presidential power."

@seharrison7.bsky.social and @marknevitt.bsky.social on the collapse of legal oversight within the USG

“The Caribbean Strikes and the Collapse of Legal Oversight in U.S. Military Operations”

By @seharrison7.bsky.social and @marknevitt.bsky.social

www.justsecurity.org/123172/carib...

Terrific to team up with @seharrison7.bsky.social on this and thanks to @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social for edits!

Key questions for press:

What is the president’s legal authority to detain? (There is none.)

Given the claim that this is armed conflict, will the ICRC have access to these people?

What are the conditions of confinement?

What is your plan here — prosecute, release, endless detention? And where?

Federal and military forces taking over policing in Washington, DC? It's weird, to say the least, seeing the images of my adopted home town from across the ocean. My @crisisgroup.org colleague @seharrison7.bsky.social lays out what's going on, the logic & legal basis (& gaps in both), & the risks

‘As in Los Angeles, Donald Trump’s mobilisation puts guards who are not trained for law enforcement in situations where they may feel under pressure to use excessive force.’

We analyse recent directives to deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC.

www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...

‘There could hardly be a more compelling case for proper oversight.’ Our expert examines a bid by U.S. lawmakers to expose the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which in charge of aid distribution in enclave to scrutiny. www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...

Does President Trump's payment to El Salvador to detain hundreds of men without charges or a trial violate U.S. law?

@seharrison7.bsky.social ( @crisisgroup.org) finds that loopholes in U.S. statues have provided a pathway for the use of security assistance for the purpose of imprisoning people.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's firing of top judge advocates in the military and planned changes within the JAG Corps could have wide-ranging consequences for how the U.S. military conducts operations and disciplines personnel, writes @seharrison7.bsky.social.

It is widely agreed that the President does not have the authority to unilaterally impound federal funds.

@seharrison7.bsky.social analyzes potential Impoundment Control Act challenges to Donald Trump's executive actions.
www.justsecurity.org/107885/trump...

Critical work from @seharrison7.bsky.social on the Leahy Law and its application to units of Israeli security forces. Her latest writing for @justsecurity.org is a model memo on how the law should be applied to torture at Sde Teiman prison.

Despite mounting reports of gross violations of human rights committed by the IDF, Biden has not cut assistance to a single unit under the Leahy laws. I wrote this to illustrate how DoD could apply its Leahy law to a well-known case of torture at Sde Teiman:

www.justsecurity.org/105675/model...

My colleague @seharrison7.bsky.social drafted a model “action memo” to illustrate for the public what, in her view, a faithful application of the Department of Defense Leahy law to Israel would look like.

www.justsecurity.org/105675/model...