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by Philip Giraldi

07/12/12

If there is one universal truth, it is that once a new technology is developed, it will be used and a legal framework will quickly be devised to enable that to happen. Drones even have a trade association and lobby, the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International, or AUVSI. And what goes around overseas in a 'war zone' comes around to the United States, perhaps a tribute to a global economy and marketing efforts but more likely because all governments like to have toys available to keep the people in line...

http://bit.ly/Nk1Zd2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama s Execution of the Drone War Should Terrify Even Drone Defenders

By Conor Friedersdorf

It s one thing to support killing militants, and quite another to empower one man to do it in secret without checks or meaningful oversight.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31851.htm



What Happens When Assassination Replaces Torture?

By Tom Junod

What if the the kind of militant who was captured and tortured under Bush is the kind of militant who is simply being killed under President Obama?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31854.htm



The Magna Carta Shredded Before Our Eyes

By Noam Chomsky

In the calculus of the president s ''kill list'' of terrorists, ''all military-age males in a strike zone'' are in effect counted as combatants ''unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31929.htm



Assassination Nation: Fifty Years of US Targeted 'Kill Lists': From the Phoenix Program to Predator Drones

By Doug Noble

Those who are mortified by the latest revelations of Obama s kill list have much to learn from a more comprehensive, historical perspective on US killing around the globe.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31925.htm



Attack of the Drones: A look behind the scenes of the Obama assassination program

Video

As governments are increasingly relying on drones, what are the consequences for civil liberties and the future of war?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31927.htm



Faux Reality, Obomba, Superheroes, Bain Capital and Drones

By Sean Fenley

Arguably we could all be living through one the most critical points in world history, but one wonders how many Americans are really aware of just of how critical it is.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31924.htm

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Arming smaller drones with tiny bombs only 'months away'
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/11408.html

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America s Drones Are Homeward Bound
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/17



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Conor+Friedersdorf
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tom+Junod
http://www.commondreams.org/ann-wright
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chomsky
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Doug+Noble
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