American Civil Liberties Union

Jameel Jaffer Dept: But for Jameel Jaffer, the Canadian-born lawyer who argued the case for the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU , it was the end of a three-year saga and the culmination of hundreds of hours of work for the small legal team that took on the suit, according to CBC. Since the first reported drone strike against al-Qaeda in 2002, which killed six people in Yemen including an American, the CIA has avoided officially acknowledging the program and When a U.S. federal appeals court ruled last month that the CIA could no longer stay quiet about whether it has information on U.S. drone strikes, the decision made headlines around the world. "We thought that the CIA's position was completely indefensible from the beginning, and it's gratifying finally to have an appeals court agree with us," Jaffer said by phone from New York City, where he lives. "But it's also a limited step towards transparency." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.