http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/02/24/robert-gibbs-i-was-told-not-even-to-acknowledge-the-drone-program/ by Sal Gentile Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed in an interview on Up w/ Chris Hayes Sunday that, when he became the Obama administration’s top spokesman, he was told not to discuss the government’s secret drone program or even acknowledge its existence. “When I went through the process of becoming press [more]
Kim writes: Here’s an interesting perspective on drone warfare from TomDispatch that may assist your efforts to expose prospective cyberwar research by Lockheed Martin at U of S. (BELOW) REPLY: Thanks! I also watched the interview between Engelhardt and Bill Moyers that was linked in. Good stuff. (At the end of the article: You can [more]
http://publicintelligence.net/about/ DoD Current and Future U.S. Drone Activities Map: http://publicintelligence.net/dod-us-drone-activities-map/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dear Public Intelligence, I am from Canada and greatly appreciate your map on drone locations in the U.S. plus other [more]
Closely related: Very important televised debate: Jeremy Scahill (“The Nation”) says Obama drone strikes constitute murder, and he says it on NBC. The U.S. “kill list”. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/05/the-presidents-kill-list.html The President’s Kill List, The New Yorker, Amy Davidson What is wrong with the [more]
Jim from the U.S. writes: These are the kinds of DEBATES that must be aired and allowed to actually ALTER U.S. POLICIES! 6 min, Jeremy Scahill says it on The Nation: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/up-with-chris-hayes/47658344#47658344 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = See also: 2012-05-30 The President’s Kill [more]
http://upstatedroneaction.org/index.html The Upstate NY Coalition to Ground the Drones & End the Wars Home Blog Drone Info Contact Us Links Hancock38
Bill Clears Path For 30,000 Surveillance Drones Over US In Next Ten Years Critics warn military industrial complex pushing US “willy-nilly toward an era of aerial surveillance” Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com February 8, 2012 A bill passed in by Congress this week paves the way for the use of surveillance drones in US skies. The FAA [more]
A nice little sales job from the Govt of Saskatchewan. There is no mention of everything that goes along with the Border plan: drones patrolling the Canada-U.S. border, the American police now operating in Canada, the Troop Exchange Agreement, etc. Nor any explanation of the relationship between the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) and the SPP. If time permits, [more]
(Scroll down to email I sent to journalist re “The Ally from Hell”.) http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ Monday: CIA Drone Attacks in Pakistan A look at how CIA drone attacks in Pakistan’s frontiers strain an already volatile relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. (Text appended.) – – – – – – – – – – – – – [more]
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Kerry writes: By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The drone, shown here on Iranian television, appears to be in very good condition Drone captured by Iranians Bat-winged, high-flying and hard to detect, America’s RQ-170 Sentinel plane is the perfect stealth drone for peering into another country’s secret sites without being caught. One was [more]
