Senate drone hearing challenges “targeted kill” claims
Witness testimony undermines administration claims that only al-Qaida leaders are drone targets
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 9:22 PM UTCTechnology senate subcomittee, Drones
Counterterrorism
Technology senate subcomittee, Drones
NBC terrorism analysts need more transparency
Network rarely discloses that its security commentators are also U.S. government contractors
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:22 PM UTCMedia Terrorism, Counterterrorism, NBC
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of No Fly List
The ACLU argues the list violates citizens’ Fifth Amendment right to due process
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 4:00 PM UTCNews ACLU, FBI, Terrorism, no fly list
WH refuses to release more kill list opinions
The Obama administration will bend to GOP demands over Benghazi to see Brennan confirmed
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 1:32 PM UTCNews Drones, Kill Lists
Lawmakers urge oversight of drone program
Lawmakers on Sunday called for a closer look at President Obama's use of drones
Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 8:34 PM UTCPolitics Drones, Barack Obama
How do you explain drone killings? With post-Orwellian “Newspeak”
In the logic of perma-war, "imminent threat" is everywhere and drone attacks on Americans are no problem
Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 80News Drones, John Brennan
The Canadian border: A Constitution-free zone
Drone use, surveillance and now border police all exist outside the law in the post-9/11 world
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 4:42 PM UTC 10Social TomDispatch, Canadian Border
Human Rights Watch decries U.S. prison system
The NGO's World Report criticizes mass incarceration and U.S. record of torture and extrajudicial killing
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 3:25 PM UTCNews Human Rights
LAPD using controversial spy tool in routine crime cases
Police used a device intended to monitor terror suspects, which gathers phone data from nearby non-suspects too
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 8:02 PM UTCTechnology Police, LAPD, stingray
Counterterror rulebook exempts drone war
The manual on targeted killing includes no guidelines for drone attacks in Pakistan
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 8:11 PM UTCTechnology Drones, Pakistan, John Brennan
Obama’s Gitmo betrayal
In 2008, detainee lawyers backed him, thinking he'd restore the rule of law. They feel they were hoodwinked
Friday, Oct 26, 2012 3:52 PM UTC 28Politics habeas corpus, Counterterrorism
U.N. team to investigate civilian drone deaths
Special rapporteur said that civilian killings in follow-up strikes could be found to be war crimes
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 9:40 PM UTCNews Drone stikes, Civilian deaths
Torture grows in popularity
Poll finds that extreme counterterrorism tactics have more support than under Bush, possibly because of pop culture
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 12:26 PM UTC 24News CIA, Torture, Terrorism, 24, YouGov
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