A new documentary reveals that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have been carried out by regular U.S. Air Force personnel. Former U.S. drone pilot Brandon Bryant says: “… the lie is that it’s always been the air force that has flown those missions. The CIA might be the customer but the air force has always…
The following is a press release from the Congressional Progressive Caucus. *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2014 Press Contacts: Adam Sarvana (Grijalva) – (202) 225-2435 Mike Casca (Ellison) – (202) 225-4755 CPC CO-CHAIRS CALL FOR CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT ON DRONES: HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE A PRIORITY WASHINGTON — Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl…
France has undertaken a major military campaign in Mali. U.S. officials are talking about the possibility of supporting the French military campaign with U.S. drone strikes. Congress hasn’t authorized US military intervention in Mali. In particular, Congress hasn’t authorized U.S. drone strikes in Mali. Urge your Representative and Senators to publicly insist that the Administration…
President Obama has announced his new national security team: Chuck Hagel at Defense, John Kerry at State, John Brennan at the CIA. Each of these officials will have a say in whether U.S. drone strike policy will be further entrenched than it is today, or whether U.S. drone strike policy will become more transparent and…
Yesterday, US media began reporting that Iranian fighter jets had shot at—but did not hit— an unarmed US drone off the coast of Iran last week. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little claimed that the unmanned military plane was over international waters 16 nautical miles off the coast of Iran, and that the drone had never…
As you are well aware, there’s been a disturbing lack of public debate so far about U.S. policy on drone strikes. Guess what? The Washington Post editorial board agrees. In a new editorial, they say: “the means and objectives of drone attacks — and the Obama administration’s steps toward institutionalizing the system — deserve much…
The United States may be drawing down its longest war, but its second longest war seems to have just begun. November 3 will mark the tenth anniversary of the US’s secret war of targeted killing—but according to a three-part series published in the Washington Post last week, US officials have no plans to draw this…
Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was cornered recently to answer questions on US drone strike policy. One journalist, Sierra Adamson, asked that Gibbs justify the killing of Anwar al Awlaki’s 16 year old son—who was a US citizen—in a drone strike two weeks after his father was killed in another US drone attack….
The Law & Order francise has a reputation for plucking stories from newspaper headlines, but few have hit on pressing foreign policy matters quite like this. A recent episode of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU featured a character plotting a terrorist attack in the United States. At the end of the episode, it’s revealed that…
Just Foreign Policy supporters urged Bob Schieffer to ask a question on drones—and he did! During Monday night’s presidential debate, moderator Bob Schieffer asked a direct question on a candidate’s drone strike policy, which is more than had been raised in any previous debate this election season. Unfortunately, Schieffer only asked Mitt Romney the question—and…