He also said that the drone strikes against al-Qaeda and its allies were lawful targeted killing, as part of the military action authorized by Congress, and not assassination, which is banned by executive order. Under domestic law, U.S. targeted killings against 9/11-related entities is authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists. The speech earned praise from the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. Koh was criticized by lawyer Jennifer Robinson, who represents activist Julian Assange, for addressing a letter to both her and her client. Robinson felt this was in breach of legal custom. Resignation On December 7, 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported that Koh was poised to leave his job at the State Department and return to Yale Law School in January 2013 as a law professor. Publications The Trump Administration and International Law, Oxford University Press, 2018. Lectures From International to Transnational Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law. See also Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2) References External links U.S. State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser and Harold H. Koh's Biography |- |- 1954 births Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford American legal scholars American legal writers American political writers American politicians of Korean descent American male non-fiction writers American diplomats Clinton administration personnel Deans of Yale Law School The Hague Academy of International Law people Harvard Law School alumni Hopkins School alumni International law scholars Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Lawyers from Boston Living people Marshall Scholars Obama administration personnel United States Assistant Secretaries of State Yale Law School faculty American university and college faculty deans South Korean academic administrators 20th-century South Korean educators 21st-century American lawyers People associated with Covington & Burling Yale Sterling Professors