Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws
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The new technology has raised privacy concerns, but some experts urge caution in writing laws.
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Making enemies in Yemen
Drone strikes have a ripple effect beyond those killed - they create enemies where they did not exist before.
Obama’s case against war in Syria
Under what circumstances would President Barack Obama unleash U.S. military might into Syria’s civil war? Obama and senior aides set a high bar even higher in recent days. The same president who widened America’s drone war, ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and led NATO into the conflict in Libya without [...]
Capitol Wrap-Up: Week of April 1
Anti-drone legislation passed in House The Missouri House of Representatives passed a measure Tuesday that would ban surveillance in manned or unmanned aircraft conducted without a warrant.
Foreign Policy: Mission creep in the War on Terror
As the targets of U.S. drone strikes have expanded from senior Taliban and al Qaida operatives to a far broader range of individuals with only the most tenuous links to al-Qaida, the administration's legal arguments for targeted killings have grown ever more tortured and complex.
White House Weighs Shifting CIA Drones to Military
The Obama administration is weighing the possibility of shifting the CIA’s controversial drone operations to the military, according to a U.S. official. The official says there have been discussions within the Obama administration about the shift. The president’s senior national security advisers have prepared a...
White House Weighs Shifting CIA Drones to Military
The Obama administration is weighing the possibility of shifting the CIA’s controversial drone operations to the military, according to a U.S. official. The official says there have been discussions within the Obama administration about the shift. The president’s senior national security advisers have prepared a...
White House set to move drone program away from CIA: report
The CIA may be getting out of the drone business, according to a new report. Three senior US officials say the White House is set to sign off on a plan to shift the drone program from the CIA to the Defense Department, the Daily Beast reports. The site says...
White House to world: Do as I say, not as I did with drones
Obama administration seeks to set international limits on military drone use.
MILITARY: New medal’s status angers Inland veterans
The Distinguish Warfare Medal, which could honor drone pilots and cyber warriors, shouldn’t outrank honors for riskier traditional combat