The true casualty figures of US drone strikes in Yemen "don't always match up" with "the official version of events," according to an investigation by National Public Radio. Visiting the site of an airstrike in the southern town of Jaar that took place in May,...
Govt Lawyers: Drone Strikes Must Remain Classified
Govt Lawyers: Drone Strikes Must Remain Classified | Insist even mentioning the types of documents that exist a threat
Republican Lawmakers Push Drone Limitation Laws
Republican Lawmakers Push Drone Limitation Laws | Rep. Scott: Need to codify constitutional protections into law
Sen. Paul Pushes Bill to Limit Domestic Drone Surveillance
Sen. Paul Pushes Bill to Limit Domestic Drone Surveillance | With 64 bases already in US, is first attempt to limit them too late?
House Members Call on Obama to Legally Justify ‘Signature’ Drone Strikes
Twenty-six members of Congress have called on President Barack Obama to provide a legal justification for so-called “signature” drone strikes that the CIA and special operations forces have been launching in Pakistan and Yemen. Signature strikes are drone bombings...
Al-Qaeda Website Posts Video of ‘Dead’ Al-Libi
An Islamist website published a video message on Tuesday from Abu Yahya al-Libi, the high-level al-Qaeda member that Washington supposedly killed in a drone strike for at least the second time, although it was unclear when the message was recorded. Obama...
UN Rights Chief Calls for Probe into US Drone War in Pakistan
The United Nation human rights chief on Thursday called for a UN investigation into U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, on the grounds that their legality is questionable and that they indiscriminately kill innocent civilians. “Drone attacks do raise serious questions...
Pakistan PM: Drones Violate Human Rights
America's drones strikes are a violation of human rights because innocent men, women, and children are being killed, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday. Gilani made the comment to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanthem Pillay...
US Drone Strikes in Yemen Kill Up to 12 Civilians
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed up to 12 civilians in southern Yemen on Tuesday, as the Obama administration's escalated drone war in the unstable Gulf state begins to resemble the one in Pakistan more and more. Reports say up to 15 people were killed in a...
Domestic Drone Use Slips Through Congress With Little Lobbying Opposition
The big push in Congress to open up domestic airspace in the U.S. to unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is developing with hardly any lobbying opposition, despite potentially dire consequences for civil liberties. Congress quietly authorized the domestic use of...