323 posts found for ‘Yemen drones’

The Central Intelligence Agency is under renewed legal pressure to release thousands of records pertaining to its international drone war.

A legal challenge alleges that German officials may be liable for murder, in part for allowing the U.S. to relay drone data from an airbase in Ramstein.

The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama’s drone wars.

Support for human rights abuses and tyranny — not opposition to it — is a staple of U.S. foreign policy. Standing alone, how can anyone believe that the same government that lavishes the Saudi regime with support is waging war or using other forms of violence in order to stop human rights abuses?

Over the years, Savage has proved a tireless chronicler of the controversies over civil liberties and war powers under Obama.

The Saudi-led bombing campaign across Yemen is hitting civilians and adding to an already desperate humanitarian crisis.

No one in the military or CIA is exactly sure who ordered the very first drone killing, in October 2001 in Afghanistan, says a new book by investigative journalist Chris Woods.