CIA: Our Drones are Killing Terrorists. Promise.

Al Qaeda is so spooked by CIA drone attacks that Osama’s crew is staging spectacular bombings in Pakistan, in an attempt to get America to call off its unmanned attack fleet, former U.S. officials and counterterrror advisers say. And the CIA is apparently so spooked about the possibility of a withdrawal that they’re spilling details about their supposedly-secret drone strikes to the New York Times. Full Story »

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Wendy Garofoli
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by Wendy Garofoli - May. 13, 2009

This is a quality blog, written in engaging sarcasm (typical of WIRED). Something's fishy about these unmanned drones, and Noah Shachtman correctly points out that the media haven't quite gotten the story right either. The one change I'd recommend is minor (and not usually the author's fault). The headline says "CIA: Our Drones are Killing Terrorists. Promise" but the story contain information about not only CIA drones, but U.S. military and potentially Pakistani military drones as well.

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