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@TheAcademy Award-nominated film directed by @bignoisefilms. @nytimes bestselling book by @jeremyscahill.

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In DC: xitter.cf/jameeljaffer/status/80…
Jameel Jaffer@JameelJaffer30 Nov 2016
Tomorrow at @StimsonCenter in DC: "Disclosing the Drone Program," with @charlie_savage @rachelstohl & yours truly stimson.org/content/disclosi…
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Henrik Moltke@moltke30 Nov 2016
"Planung, Überwachung und Auswertung von zugewiesenen Luftoperationen" - German for "find/fix/finish"? tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/dro…
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Henrik Moltke@moltke30 Nov 2016
German foreign office confirms Ramstein's role in drone wars translate.google.com/transla… - theintercept.com/2015/04/17/… for context (HT @f_obermaier)
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Just in time for Trump washingtonpost.com/news/chec…

Obama administration expands elite military unit’s powers to hunt foreign fighters globally

Joint Special Operations Command's 'Counter-External Operations Task Force' will hunt terrorist networks.

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"Donald Trump's Drone War"--some reflections about what Obama wrought, and what Trump will inherit. justsecurity.org/34461/donal…
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Obama will not restrict drone strike 'playbook' before Trump takes office trib.al/XOwkQV3
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thebureauinvestigates.com/20…
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Funeral of Afghanistan's latest drone strike victims in Nangarhar province. Like many others, they will remain nameless & invisible.
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The Taxi Driver’s Last Ride nyti.ms/2d9FnxZ by @Emran_Feroz of @dronememorial on Mohammed Azam's death, by drone
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Nick Turse@nickturse29 Sep 2016
$100 million US drone base to support ops in Niger, Chad, Libya & Nigeria against 7 "foreign terrorist organizations theintercept.com/2016/09/29/…

U.S. Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in Africa

A new base outside Agadez, Niger, will host a fleet of MQ-9 drones and serve as a regional hub for U.S. counter-terror missions.

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Lee Fang
@lhfang21 Sep 2016
Dems & GOP overwhelmingly vote to continue to supply Saudis w/weapons for our war in Yemen. bit.ly/2cmS1XT senate.gov/legislative/LIS/r…

27 U.S. Senators Rebel Against Arming Saudi Arabia

It's a sign of growing unease about the increasing number of civilians being killed with U.S. weapons in Yemen.

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Part 2 of @attackerman story xitter.cf/jasonleopold/status/77…
Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold10 Sep 2016
This is an incredible, thrilling story abt how CIA turned on Senate Intel Cmte & went after @DanielJJonesUS theguardian.com/us-news/2016…

'A constitutional crisis': the CIA turns on the Senate

Tensions flare between the CIA and the Senate in the fight to release the report on torture – leading the agency to spy on its own legislative overseers

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Reprieve@Reprieve8 Sep 2016
Read the court brief filed by former US drone operators in support of Yemeni drone victim Faisal bin ali Jaber bit.ly/2c1TMzK
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Veterans back fight by relative of drone victims: People should know 'how a screw-up can lead to the death... fw.to/IyR3zfk
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The lengths British MPs will go to bury a parliamentary report along with thousands of Yemeni civilian lives. xitter.cf/iankatz1000/status/773…
Ian Katz@iankatz10007 Sep 2016
Anatomy of (an attempted) whitewash: here's how MPs' report on UK arms sales to Saudi changes if amendments accepted
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Intense airstrikes in Sana'a now. Whole darn capital is shaking from one explosion after another - courtesy of UK supplied bombs. #Yemen
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This has a history of working out really well... nytimes.com/2016/09/06/us/ai…
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Henrik Moltke@moltke6 Sep 2016
Must-read: @rj_gallagher on Menwith Hill, NSAs not-so-secret ears in the UK; beautiful photography by @trevorpaglen: theintercept.com/2016/09/06/…

The NSA's British Base at the Heart of U.S. Targeted Killing

Top-secret documents expose the controversial role of a massive NSA surveillance base in England's countryside.

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US-UK 'special relationship' to kill. New reporting and documents: theintercept.com/2016/09/06/…

The NSA's British Base at the Heart of U.S. Targeted Killing

Top-secret documents expose the controversial role of a massive NSA surveillance base in England's countryside.

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Reprieve@Reprieve26 Aug 2016
The US, which has long run a drone program which violates intnl law, now wants others to follow the law on drones: reprieve.org.uk/press/us-nee…
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