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Is the Release of Secret Drone Memos an Empty Gesture?
The day has come. Sort of—members of two Senate intelligence committees now have "access" to classified memos undergirding the legal justification for killing US citizens abroad in the war on al Qaeda. But is the big reveal merely lip service?
Is the Release of Secret Drone Memos an Empty Gesture?
The day has come. Sort of--members of two Senate Intelligence Committees now have "access" to classified memos undergirding the legal justification for killing US citizens abroad in the war on al-Qaeda. But is the big reveal merely lip service?
America's Rules for Drone-Killing Americans Is More Torturous Than America Imagined
Before his CIA pick John Brennan gets grilled in Congress, Obama's own "torture memos" on targeted killings—and a new set of intel on Bush's torture program—shed some harsh light on how America secretly conducts war.
America's Rules for Drone-Killing Americans Are More Torturous Than America Imagined
Before his CIA pick John Brennan gets grilled in Congress, Obama's own "torture memos" on targeted killings -- and a new set of intel on Bush's torture program -- shed some harsh light on how America secretly conducts war.
Will the Only Senator to Stand up to John Brennan Be the One Who Was Tortured?
John McCain has never faltered in his principled stance against torture. John Brennan, on the other hand?
Obama's Got a New Drone Playbook That the CIA Can Ignore
The Obama adminstration is close to wrapping up its so-called drone "playbook" and its most notable marker, for now, is not so much who the policy reins in but who it keeps just out of arm's reach--and thus, hidden.
American Drones Are Pummeling Pakistan, But Islamabad Is Staying Quiet
Drones have struck Pakistan seven times in the first 11 days of 2013, and Islamabad--once a very vocal hater of the American kill program--isn't talking.
Obama's Drone Wars, Round 2
Nominating Chuck Hagel and John Brennan as defense secretary and CIA chief, respectively, represents a somewhat controversial re-imagining of the US national security team's expanding drone wars.
How America's New Top Soldier and Spy Will Define the Drone War
Nominating Chuck Hagel and John O. Brennan as defense secretary and CIA chief, respectively, represents a somewhat controversial re-imagining of the US national security team's expanding drone wars.