

Top White House official comes clean about covert drone strikes



I. Down the Rabbit Hole





Reaper drones


II. Drone Medal Awarded, Brennan Nomination Jeopardized


President Obama




John Brennan




Source: MSNBC News

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RE: Gibbs always pissed me off.
By integr8d on 2/25/2013 7:38:50 PM , Rating: 1
"Systems like drone strikes are much more effective if the enemy is not aware of them thereby not guarding against them. Strategically, that was an important chit to keep secret."

What does that even mean? Do you think the guys getting hit care if the thing flying 50,000' above the ground has a pilot or not?

"IMHO, once you declare yourself an "enemy combatant", your constitutional rights are null & void by definition regardless of your origin."

You don't declare yourself anything. The term 'enemy combatant' was conjured up by people like Brennen and Cheney, in order to skirt war rules. They did that so they could legally torture people and whatever else they wanted. And the term is applied almost arbitrarily. If a drone hits a home of suspected Al Qaeda and the pizza boy happened to be dropping off a pizza, that kid is automatically counted as an 'enemy combatant' because he was male and of fighting age. They do this partially to make the numbers look better than they are. But that's how they do it. Signature strikes.

