On January 20, 2014, the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) decided R (on the application of Khan) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, a case regarding a claimant from Waziristan whose father was allegedly killed in a drone strike operated by the CIA.  The claimant’s primary case on appeal was that a UK General Communications Headquarters officer who passes locational intelligence to the United States “is not entitled to rely on the defence of combatant immunity” and thus may commit an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007.  The Court found the claim non-justiciable on the ground that “[t]here is no escape from the conclusion that, however the claims are presented, they involve serious criticisms of the acts of a foreign state,” and that there existed no circumstances in which it would “exceptionally sit in judgment of such acts.”