MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Obama administration details rationale for covert drone war
By artappraiser on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 6:41pm |By Aamer Madhani, USA Today, April 30, 2012
White House counterterrorism official John Brennan detailed the Obama administration's rationale for using drone strikes against al-Qaeda targets, the first time the Obama administration has publicly laid out its defense of targeted killings outside of "hot" battlefields such as Afghanistan.
In a speech before the Woodrow Wilson Center today to mark the first anniversary of Navy Seals killing Osama bin Laden, Brennan said that President Obama wants to be more open with the American public about the use of targeted strikes [....]
Also see:
U.S. Drone Strikes Are Ethical, Obama Adviser Says
By Margaret Talev and Nicole Gaouette, Bloomberg News, April 30, 2012
Brennan speech is first Obama acknowledgement of use of armed drones
By Greg Miller, Washington Post, April 30, 2012
Text of John Brennan’s Speech on Drone Strikes Today at the Wilson Center
Posted by Robert Chesney, Lawfare Blog, April 30, 2012
URL:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-administration-details-rationale-for-covert-drone-war/1#.T58TC1KK9no
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