GOVERNMENT

Congress Considers Putting Limits on Drone Strikes

February 6, 2013 1

Uncomfortable with the Obama administration’s use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America’s authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The Democratic-led outcry was emboldened by the revelation […]

GOVERNMENT

American Drone Deaths Highlight Controversy

February 6, 2013 0

Of the scores of people dubbed terrorists and taken out by American military drone strikes, three men — all killed in the fall of 2011 — were U.S. citizens. And their lives illustrate the complexity […]

FREEDOM

U.N. Wants to Use Drones for Peacekeeping Missions

January 8, 2013 0

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations, looking to modernize its peacekeeping operations, is planning for the first time to deploy a fleet of its own surveillance drones in missions in Central and West Africa. The […]

GOVERNMENT

Pentagon Secretly Flying Drones in US Airspace

December 7, 2012 0

Thousands of pages detailing plans for the domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have been released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The San Francisco, California-based EFF published a trove of military and […]

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