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How Obama's White House Learned to Love the Drone

Number 24828
Subject Terrorism
Source Wall Street Journal (New York)
State VA
Year 2010
Publication Date 05/18/2010
Summary The investigation examined the Obama administration's heavy use of armed CIA drones in Pakistan which received little public debate or discussion. Major findings include that only a fraction of those killed by the drones were known Taliban or al Qaeda leaders. The investigation also found that the White House approved adding an American citizen to the CIA's target list.
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Pages 14
Keywords drones; Pakistan; al Qaeda; Taliban; CIA
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