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It Comes Down To This
truther November 19, 2013 4Whoever you are: A professional, unemployed, casual laborer or just a person, male or female, young or old none of that matters. You don’t need to be an expert, a commentator, a reporter or
Read More »Shredding the Constitution: National Detention, Targeted Killing and Spying Cases
truther November 17, 2013 1INDEFINITE DETENTION // The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 provision that allows the government to indefinitely detain US citizens without charge or trial is once again in effect,
Read More »Drones are now the world’s weapon of choice, U.N. expert says
truther October 30, 2013 0Remotely-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles -- or drones -- have already transformed the nature of war, and the debate on the moral, legal and tactical issues that drones present has increased. At the White House last
Read More »US opens drone facility in Germany, insists ‘not for spying purposes’
truther October 11, 2013 0As two new US ‘Hunter’ drones are set to start traversing German airspace next Monday, the army remains firm that they will be used solely for training drone operators rather than spying purposes, and
Read More »Serving America’s war machine
truther September 20, 2013 2For many years, I regarded “think tanks” as a godsend. As a news reporter chasing deadlines, I’d regularly call their “experts” for quotes. Usually, they could give me a few succinct lines that appeared
Read More »THE SELECTIVE ‘MORALITY’ OF SECRETARY OF STATE FRANKENSTEIN
truther September 6, 2013 2"The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable"
Read More »US military, CIA addicted to drones: Analyst
truther August 7, 2013 0The U.S. military and intelligence agencies are so used to using pilotless aircraft in their operations worldwide that it seems pretty unlikely that the U.S. will stop or reduce employing the drones, an analyst
Read More »US approves drones for civilian use
truther July 29, 2013 0The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued certificates for two types of unmanned aircraft for civilian use. The move is expected to lead to the first approved commercial drone operation later this summer. The two
Read More »FBI admits to flying drones over US without warrants
truther July 27, 2013 0The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has used drones for domestic surveillance purposes in the United States at least ten times without obtaining warrants. In three additional cases, drones were authorized but
Read More »Exclusive: Leaked Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes
truther July 24, 2013 2A secret document obtained by the Bureau reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only
Read More »Weaponized Drones on American Soil?
truther July 10, 2013 0People were shocked in 2007 when Texas news KPRC revealed that local police were conducting drone tests on American soil. Some cried "conspiracy theory" even as further revelations quickly showed that a full program
Read More »Two Thirds of Americans Support Drones for ‘Homeland Security’ Missions
truther June 26, 2013 0A new survey shows that two thirds of Americans support the use of unmanned spy drones for “homeland security missions,” despite the fact that such missions will include identifying gun owners and tracking the
Read More »Will the U.S. Gov’t Target Whistleblowers With Drones?
truther June 24, 2013 0Remember that saying “Don’t kill the messenger?” This is the ultimate form of doing just that. There is open talk in the media of killing National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden via a drone strike. The
Read More »US House Passes Amendment to NDAA Regarding the National Defense of…Israel?
truther June 18, 2013 3An amendment to the NDAA passed the US House of Representatives on Friday. The pricey amendment doesn’t apply to the national defense of the United States, but that of Israel
Read More »House Passes Ban on Drone Strikes Against US Citizens
truther June 17, 2013 2An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 that will ban drone strikes against American citizens passed in the House on Friday. However, the amendment does contain an exception for
Read More »US terror drone strike kills five in north Yemen: Locals
truther June 10, 2013 0At least five people have been killed in an air raid carried out by a US assassination drone in north Yemen, local sources say. A tribal source said on Sunday that the strike targeted a
Read More »‘Drones are changing the face of conservation’
truther May 31, 2013 0Anti-hunting groups in Britain, conservationists on African game reserves and US animal welfare groups have started using drones to combat poaching and to monitor suspected illegal activities. The cost of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has
Read More »The entire globe is a battlefield for Pentagon
truther May 27, 2013 1Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more “democratic” – or even transparent. US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow 'Drone Wars' from the CIA
Read More »Obama Admits to Killing Four Americans with Drones
truther May 23, 2013 2Up until now the Obama Administration has been coy about their policy to kill Americans abroad using drones. Today, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that this administration has killed four Americans with drone strikes in
Read More »US terror drones kill more civilians than terrorists: ICG report
truther May 23, 2013 1A new report shows that US assassination drones in Pakistan have killed “scores of innocent civilians” instead of targeting terrorists. On Tuesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) published a report entitled “Drones: Myths and
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