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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?
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.
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.
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.