"The Assassination Complex": Scahill & Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book

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As the Obama administration prepares to release for the first time the number of people it believes it has killed in drone strikes in countries that lie outside of conventional war zones, we look at a new book out today that paints a very different picture of the U.S. drone program. "The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone

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[meadowphoenix]

Remember when the administration came out with that memo on how they could legally justify killing Americans on American soil and even then except for a couple legal scholars and foreign policy wonks who went "wtf?????!?!?!?!," the media and academia basically shrugged?

Anyway, there's a reason Cicero's killing of Cataline came back to bite him.

[headcaseheidi]

this shit is unforgivable and is one of several reasons i rme at the "i wish obama could be president forever!!!" assclowns. i'm glad looking cool in memes/gifs is your equivalent of progressive.

but then again, those who aren't ignorant to this situation don't give a shit about any country other than the us, anyway, so i guess i shouldn't be surprised at that selfish mentality

[sugartitty]

Same. Obama has done some good things but I am so nhf his secret and not-so-secret drone wars. I especially side-eye folks who criticize Hillary's hawkishness but cry about Obama leaving.

[vindictaa]

Yeah ia

[lightframes]

This is incredibly scary and inexcusable.