Jameel Jaffer

About the Author

Jameel Jaffer is a distinguished legal scholar and civil liberties advocate whose work illuminates the intersections of national security, secrecy, and human rights in contemporary America. As the former director of the ACLU's Center for Democracy, he has played a pivotal role in challenging government overreach through litigation and public discourse, exposing the legal and ethical dilemmas of post-9/11 policies. Jaffer's incisive analysis in The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law dissects the Obama administration's classified justifications for drone strikes, advocating for greater transparency and accountability in U.S. counterterrorism practices. A frequent commentator in leading publications and a professor at NYU Law School, Jaffer continues to champion the rule of law amid evolving threats to privacy and due process.