by Mary Anne Grady Flores | February 14, 2013 Around February 13, 9 individuals were arrested by DeWitt Police and Onondaga County (NY) Sheriffs for peaceably blocking the main entrance to Hancock…
Category: Covert Drone War
The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
Obama Administration Again Refuses to tell a court Whether CIA Drone program Even Exists
by Glenn Greenwald February 14, 2013 It is not news that the US government systematically abuses its secrecy powers to shield its actions from public scrutiny, democratic accountability, and judicial review. But…
The Red Queen’s in Charge: Murdering People and Due Process Via Drones
The Red Queen of Alice in Wonderland – “Sentence first – verdict afterwards” – is now in charge. by Dennis Loo, February 8, 2013 As many people have heard by now, a…
Murder – the Drone Reality
by Tom McNamara January 31, 2013 In his essay “A Hanging,” George Orwell recounts, in great detail, the events he witnessed leading up to the execution of a man. It is important…
Obama Nominates Mr. Drone to be CIA Chief
by Paul Harris The nomination of President Barack Obama’s top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan to head the CIA has sparked outrage and concern about America’s growing drones programme and its use for…
The Secret Drone War
BBC Panorama
Pakistan’s army: taking on the Taliban in Waziristan
Channel 4 News (UK) The US wants Pakistan to do more in its fight against the Taliban in Waziristan. But the Pakistan soldiers maimed in the war on terror might argue they…
Drone Protests This Weekend
by Debra Sweet Ironies of living in the post-Bush world: 1. The only CIA operative connected to waterboarding and torture during the Bush regime to be jailed, John Kiriakou, will go to…
“We Might Be Going To Jail, But We Still Will Not Be Complicit With Our Government’s War Crimes”
From the Upstate NY Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars Join us as we walk from Hancock Airfield to the Onondaga County Jail on January 11th beginning at 12…
Obama’s Murder Memos
by Jeff Schauer When its critics looked to define everything they saw as wrong with the Bush Administration, they frequently turned to the so-called “Torture Memos”. Penned by John Yoo, now unaccountably…