Category Archives: Drones

What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones

Share the post “What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo on Thursday, May 23rd 2013, President Obama made this speech. It’s a good speech. I agree with quite a lot of it (by no means all of it.) … Continue reading

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Drone Hysteria And Our Defense Of The Realm

Share the post “Drone Hysteria And Our Defense Of The Realm”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Rand Paul probably thinks every confederate casualty at Gettysburg was the victim of an extrajudicial targeted killing. Filibustering the nomination of John Brennan today, Kentucky’s teapublican senator spoke for … Continue reading

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Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks

Share the post “Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA recent Huffington Post headline: President Obama decided not to leave the White House without formalizing the drone warfare rule book and reducing attendant secrecy. That process revealed a robust conversation within the … Continue reading

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