Sarah Elaine Harrison

It may not happen soon, but Mitch Bradley should remember that he can be recalled to duty someday and court martialed for ordering murder.

U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says “If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”

NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says

“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.

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It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.

Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'

None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.

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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.

Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.

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

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Beware the Slide Toward Regime Change in Venezuela | International Crisis Group The Trump administration is dispatching military assets to the Caribbean and sinking boats it claims ferry drugs. While it appears the deployment is part of a plan to depose Venezuelan President Nicól...

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 👇

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Caribbean Strikes and Collapse of Legal Oversight in U.S. Military Congress and the public must address the pressures imposed on public servants and defend the guardrails that protect U.S. forces and democracy.

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

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

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

Understanding Trump’s Takeover of Policing in Washington, DC | International Crisis Group Crisis Group expert Sarah Harrison analyses President Trump’s recent directives to deploy the National Guard and control the metropolitan police in Washington, DC

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

Understanding Trump’s Takeover of Policing in Washington, DC | International Crisis Group Crisis Group expert Sarah Harrison analyses President Trump’s recent directives to deploy the National Guard and control the metropolitan police in Washington, DC

‘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.

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Pressure Mounts in U.S. Congress for Answers from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation | International Crisis Group Crisis Group expert Sarah Harrison examines the bid to expose the secretive body in charge of food distribution in the enclave to scrutiny

‘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...

Crossing the Rubicon: U.S. Government Cash for Human Rights Violations With a payment to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, President Trump appears to have hired a foreign government to arbitrarily detain hundreds of men.

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.

President Trump Is Ignoring the Impoundment Control Act, Welcoming a Fight in the Courts The Impoundment Control Act makes clear that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally impound billions in federal funds.

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.
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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.

A Model Leahy Law Legal Memo on Assistance to Israeli Security Forces A model Department of Defense action memo illustrates what a faithful and careful application of the Leahy law to an alleged gross violation of human rights in Israel could look like.

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:

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A Model Leahy Law Legal Memo on Assistance to Israeli Security Forces A model Department of Defense action memo illustrates what a faithful and careful application of the Leahy law to an alleged gross violation of human rights in Israel could look like.

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.

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