Combatants and "Combatants"
According to an article in TheNew York Times last week, the Obama administration treats “all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants”. Brooke talks to Chris Woods, reporter for the Bureau of...
View ArticleThe Week in Drones
This week saw a fount of new information come to light about the US government's controversial and secretive drone program. Brooke talks to Stanford Law professor James Cavallaro, author of the Living...
View ArticleTruth(ish)
A farewell to coverage of Joe Biden's non-existent presidential campaign. Plus: clarifying the misleading language of drone warfare and what it says about policy; a new film examines Dan Rather's...
View ArticleQaeda Leader Anwar al-Awlaki Killed in Yemen
Leading Al Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen, according to government officials in the country. Al-Awlaki is connected with many plots against Americans including the failed Christmas...
View ArticleOpinion: Citizens Are Fair Game if They Stand Against U.S.
About a year ago, U.S. District Judge John Bates tossed a lawsuit that Anwar al-Awlaki's father had brought against the United States government. Several months later, al-Awlaki was killed by a drone...
View ArticleNext Generation of Drones Won't Require Operator
Consisting of one-third of all military aircrafts, drones have played a major role in U.S. military operations in Pakistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan. Relying on a remote pilot to carry out airstrikes,...
View ArticleThe New Drone Warfare
Scott Shane, reporter for the New York Times, discusses his recent series of pieces on the use of drone warfare by the United States—and how some of that reporting has been misconstrued.
View ArticleKill or Capture
Dan Klaidman, special correspondent for Newsweek and the author of Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency, adds to the emerging details of President Obama’s personal...
View ArticleReport: Civilians Bear the Brunt of Drone Attacks
The CIA drone program in Pakistan has targeted and killed more low-level militants than senior commanders, according to a new report (pdf) by Stanford University and New York University. The drone...
View ArticleStudent Tweets U.S. Drone Strikes, Highlights "Double Tap" Tactic
Earlier this month, NYU graduate student Josh Begley began tweeting every reported American drone strike — starting in 2002. His feed, Dronestream, highlights the growing prevalence of a lethal tactic...
View ArticleLiving Under Drones, Brennan Hearing Preview
The Obama administration's use of unmanned drones is under intense scrutiny this week, culminating in the hearings to confirm new CIA director John Brennan, which begin this afternoon. Two drone...
View ArticleLife on the Drone Kill List
Malik Jalal is a tribal elder from Waziristan who believes he is on a U.S./U.K. drone kill list.The targeted strikes began in 2010, according to Jalal, when he says that he narrowly avoided three...
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Obama order looks to curb civilian deaths in U.S. airstrikes and drone attacks
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Today, the Obama administration revealed new information that sheds light on the reality of modern warfare, the number of civilians accidentally killed...
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