Letta Tayler
Letta Tayler is an Associate Director in the Crisis and Conflict Division. She leads the division's work on terrorism and counterterrorism. Her focus includes the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, counterterrorism policy at the United Nations, drone strikes and other targeted killings, and measures in countries around the world on foreign ISIS suspects and family members. Tayler has worked in more than three dozen countries as a human rights defender and in her previous capacity as a journalist. She has been a featured guest on The BBC, CNN, Fresh Air, Al Jazeera, and Democracy Now! As a foreign correspondent with Newsday, Tayler was one of the first Western reporters to detail prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and chronicled events including the US invasion of Iraq and the bombings of Tora Bora. She also served as Latin America bureau chief. Tayler is a former rock music critic. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barnard College and holds a Master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford.
Articles Authored
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June 28, 2013
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May 9, 2013
A New Chance to Act on Guantanamo
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March 18, 2013
Yemen’s Friday of Indignity
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February 1, 2013
A Dangerous Model
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December 26, 2012
Anatomy of an Air Attack Gone Wrong
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September 17, 2012
Guantanamo still a blight on US record
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May 31, 2012
Losing Yemeni Hearts and Minds
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May 22, 2012
Yemen’s Other Crises
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September 26, 2011
Yemen’s Hijacked Revolution
Other Writing
Reports Authored
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Trinidad and Tobago: Bring Home Nationals from Northeast Syria
Unlawfully Detained Trinidadians at Risk, Including 56 Children
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Syria: Repatriations Lag for Foreigners with Alleged ISIS Ties
More than 42,400 Adults and Children Held in Life-Threatening Conditions
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Harsh War, Harsh Peace
Abuses by al-Shabaab, the Transitional Federal Government, and AMISOM in Somalia
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