by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 8, 2013 | Monitor
The CIA’s top ally in the Senate thinks the agency is truthful about killing few civilians with drones. But she says “it’s a whole new situation” if the CIA is lying.
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 7, 2013 | Monitor
During a contentious and at times raucous Senate hearing, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to run the CIA, said the government agonizes over authorizing lethal drone strikes.
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Feb 7, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe and Patricia H. Kushlis CNN reports that “the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning will receive a classified document that seeks to justify the administration's policy of targeting Americans overseas via drone attacks.” ...
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 7, 2013 | Monitor
The head of the United Nations inquiry into drone strikes and targeted killings believes the chief architect of those efforts, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, will rein them in at the CIA.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 29, 2013 | Monitor
The U.N.’s new drone inquisitor isn’t out to take away lethal robots from the U.S. military or CIA. But he also doesn’t intend to shy away from uncovering their mistakes — and abuses.