Updates | The Week of September 18, 2017
The White House is preparing to loosen regulations on targets of drone strikes and commando raids outside of conventional battlefields (NYT).
With an American citizen being held as an enemy combatant, Robert Chesney outlines the detention and prosecution options (Lawfare).
Advocacy groups are asking legislators not to support a DOJ proposal that would allow foreign governments to directly receive data from US communications providers (The Hill).
The Senate passed a defense budget of about $700 billion (WaPo).
- Legislators will now work towards a compromise between the Senate and House versions of the bill.