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Anna Diakun

Anna Diakun is the Nadine Strossen fellow in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where she works on issues related to the government’s targeted killing program, surveillance, and discrimination against racial and religious minorities.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Fighting to Bring the Drone Program Into the Light
Since its inception, the United States’ targeted killing program has been shrouded in secrecy. For years, the ACLU has sought basic facts about the way the program operates, as well as its legal and policy justifications, through multiple Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. Today, we’re back in...
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