Democracy Now!
| May 23, 2013
The Obama administration has admitted for the first time to killing four US citizens in drone strikes overseas. Three died in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. A fourth, Jude Kenan ...
Democracy Now!
| Apr 10, 2013
In his new book, "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth," Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti tracks the transformation of the CIA and US special operations forces into man-huntin...
CNN
| Mar 22, 2013
The CIA appears ready to get out of the targeted killing business and hand control of its controversial drone program to the Pentagon. The move may make the program -- blamed for the deaths of hundreds of civilians -- less secretive, CNN reports.
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 27, 2012
The United Nations is setting up a special unit to investigate the legality of US drone strikes. The White House appears unapologetic. Is the White House trying to buffer and widen its scope of targeted killings with controversial new legislations...