State Department lawyer: Yes, of course drone strikes are legal

After the talk Thursday, O’Connell thanked Koh and said she is still not convinced.

“What I’m hearing you say is that the Obama administration continues to see that there is such a conception as a global war on terror,” O’Connell said.

Koh interjected, “I said a lot of things in my remarks — that’s not one of the things I said.”

Later O’Connell muttered, “A global war on terror by any other name would smell as bad.”