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The Jetzon’s Self Driving Auto Car Drone Aint Here Yet
/24 Comments/in 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Election, Ideas and Ideology, Infrastructure/by bmazHistory shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men. Yeah, truer words never spoken. Even if in relation to Godzilla. And you can apply that to the relentlessly ballyhooed “autonomous driving automobiles”. Seriously, this stuff is Henny Youngman type of slapsick comedy. It ain’t happening. Okay, I am cribbing from Atrios, […]
Yes, the Drone Rule Book Is a One-Off
/9 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelOver at The New Republic, I’ve got a more formal piece on the weird hybrid document that serves as Obama’s Drone Rule Book. In addition to some formal observations I made in this working thread, it has these descriptions from both “an administration official” and from Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood, which I found particularly interesting. […]
Drone Rule Book, Working Thread
/16 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelWhat ever happened to the inclusions of headers and footers in documents? It used to be, documents would ID what document you were reading on every page, which is really useful if one page walks or gets replaced with a new one. Now even life-and-death documents like the Drone Rule Book liberated by the ACLU […]
Eli Lake’s Portrayal of the CIA Director Campaign: Drones, Benghazi, and … ?
/7 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Drones, EO 12333, Intelligence/by emptywheelEli Lake reports that John Brennan wants to stay on as CIA Director under President Hillary. That’s not surprising given that Brennan believes (as Lake notes) CIA Directors should get 10 year terms just like FBI Directors do. I thought maybe Brennan wanted to stick around to make sure he gets credit for bettering Allen […]
Key Area of Dispute on Drone Numbers: Number of Strikes
/9 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelDianne Feinstein is out with a statement applauding that I Con the Record has released drone kill numbers that — she suggests — proves the spooks know something we don’t and that the number of civilian casualties hasn’t been that high. “I want to commend the administration for taking this important step toward transparency by […]
The Bomb Robot Drone Killing Precedent
/78 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelAs you’ve no doubt heard, sniper(s) attacked the police protecting a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas last night, killing 5 cops. Dallas Police have released the name of one perpetrator, who was killed by police: Micah Johnson. Johnson was apparently an Army veteran; he was what experts deemed “tactically professional” based on review of […]
The CIA Is Preventing Congress from Learning that the Worst Allegations against Hillary Pertain to Drones
/3 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelYou probably heard that Jim Comey testified to the House Oversight Committee for over four hours today. You’ll see far less coverage of the second panel in that hearing, the testimony of Inspector Generals Steve Linick (from State) and Charles McCullough (from the IC). In addition to OGR Chair Jason Chaffetz suggesting the committee convene […]
Happy Flag-Waving Drone Document Dump
/5 Comments/in Drones/by emptywheelODNI (update–and now I Con the Record) has released its report on the number of drone deaths. The overview is that the US intelligence community is reporting (more on that in a second) far, far fewer drone deaths than credible outside researchers do. (TBIJ, New American, Long War Journal) The IC numbers are for strikes occurring […]