Wexler, LesleyRobbennolt, Jennifer K.2021-11-262021-11-262017-01-0112845922http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/6715In January 2015, a U.S.-initiated drone strike in Pakistan accidentally killed U.S. citizen Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto. President Obama compensated the families and gave a long speech in which he indicated that he "want[ed] to express our grief and condolences to the families of two hostages." The President justified his declassification and disclosure of this strike "because the [] families deserved to know the truth." He also offered the following mea culpa: "As President and as Commander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations . . . . I profoundly regret what happened. On behalf of the United States Government, I offer our deepest apologies."https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjil/vol42/iss1/3https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1679&context=yjil&unstamped=1