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Joe Scarborough Accuses Obama Of Acting Like An 'American King' With His...
Joe Scarborough and other "Morning Joe" panelists ripped into President Barack Obama for the administration's drone program on Wednesday, comparing him to a king who can decide the fate of American...
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Iran Just Released Classified Footage Decoded From A Captured US Drone
Iran has just released footage that proves it has, if not literally decoded, at least accessed some of the data stored inside the stealthy U.S. RQ-170 drone captured in December 2011.The video, which...
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Obama To Show Lawmakers Secret Legal Memo For Killing Americans With Drones
In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda.An...
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Jon Stewart Shreds Obama On Hypocrisy Over Drones: You're Only 'Transparent...
Daily Show host Jon Stewart tore into President Barack Obama Wednesday night for what he perceived as hypocrisy on transparency over his administration's controversial policy on drone strikes. Stewart...
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Bill O'Reilly Complains That NBC Has Not Reported On The Drone Memo Story...
Bill O'Reilly bizarrely chided NBC on "The O'Reilly Factor" Wednesday night, suggesting they hadn't reported on a story they broke two nights before.Mediaite points out O'Reilly's segment with...
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Obama's Nominee For CIA Director Is Going To Get Grilled From Both Sides
The release Monday of a secret Justice Department memo outlining the legal case for drone strikes against American citizens is likely to raise some big questions at today's confirmation hearing for...
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This Drone War Leads Back To A Single Legal Paragraph
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama declared that “a decade of war is now ending.”White House press secretary Jay Carney later said there was “no question” that the U.S. conflict...
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5 Tricks To Designing A Drone-Proof City
On Wednesday, we covered one student's project to build a "drone-proof" city.Asher J. Kohn describes passive defense techniques that possibly could neutralize the most effective method for...
View ArticleWe Tried To Fly A Drone But Failed Miserably
When we saw the AR Drone in action at CES last month, we thought it was the coolest thing ever.Equipped with a high-def camera, the AR Drone lets you shoot and record videos from above.You can buy one...
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Bing Maps Appear To Show The 'Secret' US Drone Base In Saudi Arabia
Last night Wired's Noah Shachtman published satellite images of a remote airstrip deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia that appears to be an American drone outpost built two years ago to target suspect...
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Bill O'Reilly Blames The 'Far-Left Machine' For Getting NBC's Drone Story Wrong
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly gave a mea culpa on his show Thursday night for bizarrely suggesting the night before that NBC had not reported on a story it had broke about President Barack Obama's...
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John Brennan's Hearing Underscores How Little Oversight There Is On Drones
Despite disappointing many observers, Thursday's confirmation hearing of CIA Director-to-be John Brennan laid bare how much the President's covert drone war operates without oversight.Publicly...
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Iran Says It Has Cloned US Drone In Full Production
In the first week of December 2012, Iran announced the capture of a U.S. Navy Scan Eagle drone and plans to learn its secrets. Having been off the coast of Iran last fall and seen the number of Scan...
View ArticleMSNBC Host Gives Staunch Defense Of Drone Strikes And Civilian Casualties
Touré, co-host of The Cycle on MSNBC, took a hard line in favor of drones today.The longtime music journalist and cultural critic defended the U.S. drone war and civilian casualties caused by drone...
View ArticleDick Cheney Gave This Quip When CBS' Charlie Rose Challenged One Of His...
In a wide-ranging interview with "CBS This Morning," former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Barack Obama wants to do "serious, long-term damage" to the country."I think the President...
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Obama's Speech Exposed A 'Fatal Flaw' Of The Drone War
During last night's State of the Union address, President Obama stated that "the organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self."The idea that al-Qaeda is now more idea than...
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The UK Has Lost Nearly 450 Drones In Iraq And Afghanistan Over The Last 5 Years
Almost 450 drones operated by the British military have crashed, broken down or been lost in action during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last five years, figures reveal.The Ministry of...
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Rand Paul Says He'll Hold John Brennan's CIA Nomination Over Drones
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that he will hold John Brennan's nomination as CIA Director until he receives "sufficient answers" about the Obama administration's drone policy. “I have asked...
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The Pentagon's Planning Combat Medals For Drone Pilots Nowhere Close To Battle
Combat award citations often include the phrase "for heroic achievement in connection with ground combat operations," but that's set to change with a new award announced for troops that launch drone...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Facebook Privacy And Drone Strikes Have Something In Common
Obama briefly touched on the legal framework for drone strikes during the State of the Union: "We have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts."Jon Stewart: "Actually, I think, no."Stewart then...
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