John Brennan chosen by Barack Obama as new CIA head
The mastermind of Barack Obama’s secret drone war was chosen on Monday to lead the CIA and “relentlessly” extend its controversial campaign against al-Qaeda into the president’s second term…. via John...
View ArticleThe Tale of Rand Paul’s Drone Filibuster
Rand Paul spent Wednesday doing something you don’t see often enough in Washington — he made an honest-to-goodness, non-stop filibuster speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, all-out and Mr....
View ArticleOrigins of C.I.A.’s Not-So-Secret Drone War in Pakistan
Nek Muhammad knew he was being followed. On a hot day in June 2004, the Pashtun tribesman was lounging inside a mud compound in South Waziristan, speaking by satellite phone to one of the many...
View ArticleObama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
Contrary to assurances it has deployed U.S. drones only against known senior leaders of al Qaida and allied groups, the Obama administration has targeted and killed hundreds of suspected lower-level...
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