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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/27

Kill Lists, Blind Spots Expand As Obama s Drone War Grows
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/28

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Robot war video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TyJoJUs14bc

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Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing

In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries.

http://wapo.st/rW0VK7



A network of 'targeted killing' machines is run in secrecy

By Joseph Kishore

A network of 'targeted killing' machines is run in secrecy, behind the backs of the American people and with virtually no congressional oversight.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30103.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The War at Home: Militarized Local Police Tap Post-9/11 Grants to Stockpile Combat Gear, Use Drones

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: 'Since 9/11, local law enforcement agencies have used $34 billion in federal grants to acquire military equipment such as bomb-detection robots, digital communications equipment and Kevlar helmets?. Local police departments have also added drones to their toolkit?. The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a new report that calls on the government to establish privacy protections for surveillance by unmanned aerial drones, especially of people engaged in protests.'

http://www.truth-out.org/war-home-militarized-local-police-tap-post-911-grants-stockpile-combat-gear-use-drones/1325086173



Contractors' Role Grows in Drone Missions, Worrying Some in the Military

David S. Cloud, McClatchy Newspapers: 'America s growing drone operations rely on hundreds of civilian contractors, including some, such as the SAIC employee, who work in the so-called kill chain before Hellfire missiles are launched, according to current and former military officers, company employees and internal government documents. Relying on private contractors has brought corporations that operate for profit into some of America s most sensitive military and intelligence operations. And using civilians makes some in the military uneasy.'

http://www.truth-out.org/contractors-role-grows-drone-missions-worrying-some-military/1325271287



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