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Obama Drones

What The Government Does When It Thinks No One Is Watching

Upworthy | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

If there is a stupider way to fight terrorism than drone warfare, it hasn't been invented yet. ...

Obama To Address Controversial Drone Program

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices ...

Mark Udall: Drones Need To Overcome 'Scary' Stigma

The Huffington Post | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

The unmanned aerial vehicle industry need to overcome the vision Americans have of "a sky full of drones watching their every move" and integrate "int...

America's Words of Peace and Acts of War

David Bromwich | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics
David Bromwich

Is America at War with Islam? The question began to be asked when the first evidence emerged of the transfer of hundreds of innocent Muslims to Guantanamo and the despotic new order that permitted indefinite detention of suspects.

Droning On

Will Durst | Posted 05.03.2013 | Comedy
Will Durst

Some maladjusted California state senator who obviously didn't get enough hugs from his mommy has singlehandedly set out to shackle another of our nation's emerging industries to the cement block of job-killing restriction.

Sabrina Siddiqui

WATCH: Carney In Testy Exchange Over Drone Transparency

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday defended the Obama administration's decision to skip the first Senate hearing on dro...

Sabrina Siddiqui

White House Ducks First Senate Hearing On Drones

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration failed to participate in the Senate's first hearing Tuesday on the use of drones for targeted killings, Senate ...

Sabrina Siddiqui

Obama Demanded Answers When Drone Killed American Teenager

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has never commented publicly on the targeted drone strike that accidentally killed Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a 16-ye...

'High Demand' Pilots Trained To Carry Out Controversial Obama Policy

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

(Repeats to widen distribution) By Tabassum Zakaria HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., April 23 (Reuters) - The tide of war...

Roaches, Mosquitoes and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.17.2013 | Technology
John W. Whitehead

America will never be a "no drone zone." There was a small glimmer of hope that these aerial threats to privacy would not come home to roost, but that all ended when Barack Obama took office and made drones the cornerstone of his war efforts.

Preston Maddock

Faith-Based Groups Criticize Obama's Drone Killings

HuffingtonPost.com | Preston Maddock | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

Faith-based organizations sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday, questioning the morality of the administration's drone program. "The ...

Dems Raise Questions About Obama Drone Program

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

Reps. Stephen Lynch and Ed Markey, who are running against each other for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, both raised ques...

Former Aides Hit Obama On Drone Transparency

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics

Several former administration officials who are now out of government are criticizing President Barack Obama over the secretive nature of the U.S. dro...

Obama Drone Program Targeted For Month-Long Activist Assault

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

Opponents of President Barack Obama's drone policy are planning a month of protests in April, seeking to intensify attention on the administration's c...

Religious Leaders Join Forces to Denounce U.S. Drone Policy

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Robert Greenwald

During this time of rebirth and renewal, these religious leaders remind us that we must strongly consider how our government conducts itself on behalf of our nation at home and abroad.

Paul Exaggerates On Big 'Victory'

Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Sen. Rand Paul says it “took 13 hours of filibuster” to finally force the Obama adminis...

Droning On

Michael Brenner | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Michael Brenner

It is becoming clear that the White House's reference date for getting the Afghan monkey off Uncle Sam's back is not December 31, 2014 -- despite solemn avowals. It is January 21, 2017, when Obama leaves office and retires to write his memoirs.

Ryan J. Reilly

Small ACLU Team Fights Drone Secrecy

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- The Obama administration, in the face of harsh criticism from members of Congress, has recently promised more transparency surrounding the...

Experts Send Urgent Message On Drones To Senate

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Privacy laws urgently need to be updated to protect the public from information-gathering by the thousands of civilian drones expe...

Matt Sledge

Ex-Pentagon Lawyer Shoots Down Drone Court Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.18.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- Jeh Johnson, who was until three months ago the Pentagon's top lawyer, outlined his objections to a drone court in a speech Monday, dashin...

GOP Hypocrisy on Obama's Drone War

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The criticisms notwithstanding, a GOP president would have done the same as Obama and launched preemptive strikes, and the likelihood that Paul and the GOP would have characterized him as a civil liberties abuser and a villain is nil.

Former Defense Official Raises Secrecy Questions

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Defense Department counsel said he is a skeptic when it comes to a ...

Obama Seeks Global Influence On Drones

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

(Repeats with no change) By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who vastly expand...

Ryan J. Reilly

Court Finds It Not 'Plausible' That CIA Has No Role In Drone Strikes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 03.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's decision that dismissed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the CIA, rulin...

Michael McAuliff

Obama Rebuffs Democrats On Drone-Kill Memos

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama rebuffed senators from his own party Tuesday when they sought greater transparency on drone strikes, arguing that...