Proposal to give federal judges a role in #drone strikes faces hurdles - The Washington Post
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A proposal to give federal judges a direct role in the nation’s drone campaign gained new momentum this week with a signal from senior lawmakers that they intend to consider creating a special court to oversee the selection of targets for lethal strikes.
Début de débat sur l’utilisation des drones. Faut-il faire intervenir l’appareil judiciaire, sur le modèle de la cour spéciale pour l’interception extrajudidiciaire de communications aux États-Unis (la #FISC ?
Problèmes
– les juges ne sont pas très chauds pour bénir des assassinats,
– ça poserait des limites aux pouvoirs de l’exécutif,
– ça ralentirait le processus,
– de toutes façons la FISC donne systématiquement son tampon.
Quelques (timides) critiques, tout de même.
“Having the executive being the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner all in one is very contrary to the traditions and the laws of this country,” King [sénateur du Maine] said.
Mais on apprend aussi que, de plus en plus souvent, on ne sait même pas qui on va tuer…
Most attacks now are “signature strikes,” in which targets are selected based on suspicious patterns of activity and the identities of those who could be killed is not known.