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WASHINGTON (AP) — The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal that despite President Barack Obama’s promise last week of new transparency in the drone program, the CIA will still launch secret attacks on militants in north Pakistan and the administration will not have to tell anyone [...]
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Privacy a looming issue as drone regulation loosens
Posted by admin on May 30th, 2013
ATLANTA–Earlier this month, a woman in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle noticed a small, camera-equipped drone buzzing around outside the third floor window of her home. She sent her husband out to tell the man operating the small aircraft by remote control to leave, but he insisted that it was legal for him to [...]
White House won’t confirm reported drone strike against Waliur Rehman
Posted by admin on May 29th, 2013
Six days after President Barack Obama addressed criticisms about the United States’ use of drones to kill suspected terrorists and transparency about decisions to do so, the White House declined to confirm the newest report of a drone strike. The Associated Press, Reuters and other news outlets reported Wednesday that a U.S. drone strike Wednesday [...]
White House declines to confirm drone report
Posted by admin on May 29th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is declining to confirm reports that a U.S. drone killed the Pakistani Taliban’s second-in-command Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Drone scientists hope to change public image
Posted by admin on May 29th, 2013
ATLANTA—As dozens of protesters waved signs proclaiming, “Stop Assassinations: Ground the Drones!” outside the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday, a room full of scientists, oblivious to their demonstrations, raptly watched a 30-minute Power Point presentation about “riparian vegetation,” “river morphology” and the helpful qualities of beaver dams. The researchers who came from around the world to [...]
Rand Paul Responds to Obama’s Drone Speech: Takes More Than Looking Over Flashcards on ‘Terror Tuesdays’
Posted by admin on May 26th, 2013
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Obama’s drone rules provide limits, ambiguity
Posted by admin on May 25th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. Tweet This Post
Obama’s drone rules leave unanswered questions
Posted by admin on May 24th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. Tweet This Post
The Drone Speech and the Hyperexcited Return of Intellectual Obama
Posted by admin on May 24th, 2013
President Obama's speech on counterterrorism on Thursday won rave reviews among some who seemed to see it as a return of the liberal constitutional law professor who ran for president in 2008. MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who had soured on Obama earlier in the week, said Obama was at "the top of his form — speaking [...]
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No Comments »Obama, all but declaring V-T (Victory Over Terror) Day, hits reset button on national security with drone and Guantanamo speech
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2013
Barack Obama has hit the reset button with the most far-reaching national security address of his presidency Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: button, Declaring, Drone, Guantanamo, Hits, National, Obama, Over, Reset, Security, Speech, terror, victory No Comments »
