The Obama administration’s embrace of targeted killings using armed drones risks putting the United States on a “slippery slope” into perpetual war and sets a dangerous precedent for lethal operations that other countries might adopt in the future, according to a report by a bipartisan panel that includes several former senior intelligence and military officials.
The group found that more than a decade into the era of armed drones, the American government has yet to carry out a thorough analysis of whether the costs of routine secret killing operations outweigh the benefits. The report urges the administration to conduct such an analysis and to give a public accounting of both militants and civilians killed in drone strikes.
The findings amount to a sort of report card — one that delivers middling grades — a year after President Obama gave a speech promising new guidelines for drone strikes and greater transparency about the killing operations. The report is especially critical of the secrecy that continues to envelop drone operations and questions whether they might be creating terrorists even as they are killing them.
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- Canada men's soccer team attempted to use drones at Copa America, CEO says amid spying scandalon July 26, 2024 at 9:34 am
The CEO of Canada Soccer says the men's national soccer team "attempted drone usage" during the Copa America tournament that wrapped up earlier this month.
- Canada's Paris Olympic spygate scandal spills over to men's team; CEO 'aware' of Copa America 'drone usage'on July 26, 2024 at 9:05 am
"This is not an isolated incident... There was attempted drone usage at Copa America." 😳 @joshuakloke has the latest on reports that Canada Soccer, on the men's and women's side, repeatedly tried to ...
- Canada soccer's use of drones could go back years, include men's national teamon July 26, 2024 at 8:59 am
The use of drones by Canadian soccer teams to spy on opponents appears to trace back well before the scandal at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Canada Women’s Soccer Coach Suspended From Olympics Over ‘Drone Use on Opponents’on July 26, 2024 at 7:59 am
Bev Priestman, who led Canada to gold in Tokyo, was suspended from leading the team after being tied to the usage of drones at opponents' practices.
- Canada attempted to use drone at Copa America as more details emerge in what could be ‘systemic ethical’ problem, CEO sayson July 26, 2024 at 6:55 am
Canada’s use of drones to gain an advantage in both men’s and women’s international soccer is casting a pall over the federation’s accomplishments.
- Russia's efforts to copy Ukraine's wildly successful sea drones won't achieve much, expert sayson July 26, 2024 at 5:49 am
Ukraine said Russia is trying to make naval drones by learning from fragments of Ukrainian ones. A drone war expert said it's unlikely to help.
- Canadian Olympic chief says suspended soccer coach likely knew of drone useon July 26, 2024 at 5:36 am
Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker said new information from Soccer Canada showed suspended women's head coach Bev Priestman was likely aware of the drone use that has caused a scandal at ...
- Idaho prisoners gaining more access to banned phones, drugs. Drone drops may be to blameon July 26, 2024 at 3:00 am
A marked uptick in banned materials inside Idaho’s prison system has led to growing concerns over the use of drones, which prisoners have employed to drop drugs and cellphones — and possibly to help ...
- Soccer-COC boss says Priestman likely knew of drone use, defends team staying at Gameson July 26, 2024 at 1:40 am
Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker said new information from Soccer Canada showed suspended women's head coach Bev Priestman was likely aware of the drone use that has caused a scandal at ...
- Bev Priestman Suspended By Canadian Olympic Committee Over Use Of Droneson July 25, 2024 at 11:40 pm
The Gold winning head coach of the Canadian women's national soccer team, Bev Priestman, has been suspended from the Paris 2024 Games by her own Olympic Committee.
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