Nov 8, 2012 | Government Agenda, WAR: By Design
When Barack Obama took office, drone strikes were a once-in-a-while thing, with an attack every week or two. Now, they’re the centerpiece of a global U.S. counterterrorism campaign. Obama institutionalized the strikes to the point where he could hand off to the next...
Oct 29, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Activism
Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricket captain turned politician, was taken off an international flight from Canada to New York and questioned by US immigration officials over his views on drone strikes and jihad. Khan, who has been at the forefront of a high-profile...
Oct 29, 2012 | Black Technology
Officials who apparently thwarted an alleged terror plot against Europe used voiceprinting technology to catch several suspects. The British Government Communications Headquarters, which snoops on criminal suspects and works with MI6 spies, used voice identification...
Oct 24, 2012 | Events & Assassinations, News
Study found war against violent Islamists has become increasingly deadly Researchers blame common tactic now being used – the ‘double-tap’ strike Drone strikes condemned for their ineffectiveness in targeting militants Just one in 50 victims of America’s...
Oct 10, 2012 | Activism, News
A law professor at Notre Dame leads a lonely campaign to stop the targeted killings in Pakistan and elsewhere, insisting they violate international law. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell was in her office last month when Imran...
Sep 18, 2012 | Black Technology, Leaks
The quite strange unarmed bird-like drone which was recovered by Pakistani forces in August of 2011 apparently did not just fly over Pakistan, but was also apparently spotted by Iraqi insurgents at least two years before making its way to Pakistan. One might jump to...
Jun 25, 2012 | News, Video
Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez showcased his country’s first unmanned drone. It seems that an international race to dominate the sky has gone underway and the South American country has become a player in the game of drones with the help of Iran,...
Jun 7, 2012 | WAR: By Design
When a CIA operation in Pakistan went bad, leaving three men dead, the episode offered a rare glimpse inside a shadowy world of espionage. It also jeopardized America’s most critical outpost in the war against terrorism. Raymond Davis’s car now sits inside a...
May 23, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Today Andrew Rosenthal of The New York Times published a thoughtful columndiscussing the untenable position taken by the government in response to the ACLU’s two Freedom of Information Act lawsuits seeking information about the CIA’s targeted killing drone...
Feb 23, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The CIA’s drone campaign targeting suspected militants in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to rescue victims or were attending funerals. So concludes a new report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It found that since President...
