Drones Filibuster Crib Sheet
During Sen. Rand Paul's 12+ hour filibuster on US drone policy, he referenced a lot of articles and commentaries on the topic. Here's a quick list of some of the articles and columnists he mentioned.
America's drone sicknessThis headline and first paragraph from today's Washington Post scoop by Greg Miller speaks volumes about so many things: There are many e...
Should an armed drone be dispatched to kill Christopher Dorner?(updated below) A major manhunt has been underway in the Los Angeles area for Chris Dorner, the former LAPD officer, Navy reservist, and ...
CIA Drones Kill Large Groups Without Knowing Who They Are | Danger Room | Wired.comThis is the standard for getting marked for death in the CIA's drone war over tribal Pakistan: "Men believed to be militants associated w...
U.S. Tightens Drone Rules for Its Pakistan AttacksThe Central Intelligence Agency has made a series of secret concessions in its drone campaign after military and diplomatic officials com...
How Obama Transformed an Old Military Concept So He Can Drone Americans | Danger Room | Wired.com"Imminence" used to mean something in military terms: namely, that an adversary had begun preparations for an assault. In order to justif...
Family, neighbors of Yemeni killed by U.S. drone wonder why he wasn't taken alive | McClatchyThe Nov. 7 drone strike that killed alleged al Qaida-linked operative Adnan al Qadhi outside Beit al Ahmar was just one of more than 50 A...
The Long Third War - By Micah ZenkoNov. 3 marks the tenth anniversary of America's Third War -- the campaign of targeted killings in non-battlefield settings that has been ...
Reforming U.S. Drone Strike PoliciesPublisher Council on Foreign Relations Press Release Date January 2013 51 pages ISBN 978-0-87609-544-7 Council Special Report No. 65 Shar...
On Civil Liberties, A Tale Of Two ObamasA Justice Department memo that surfaced this week providing legal justification for the Obama administration's use of drone strikes again...
'The Last Refuge': Yemen, Al-Qaida And The U.S. : NPRIn his new book, journalist Gregory Johnsen charts the rise of Yemen as a haven for al-Qaida and explores the recent history of radical I...
John Brennan Is the Wrong Man for the C.I.A.WITH the resignation of David H. Petraeus, President Obama now has a chance to appoint a new C.I.A. director. Unfortunately, one of the l...
