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Major revelations about the US government's drone program - best-selling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about America's top secret assassination policy. When the US government discusses drone hits publicly, it includes assurances that such businesses are a far more precise option to troops on the ground and are certified only when an "imminent" risk exists and there is "near certainty" that the expected goal will be killed. The implicit communication on drone hits from the National government has been trust, but don't verify. The online mag The Intercept exploded this secrecy when it obtained a cache of top secret slides offering a window in to the interior workings of the US military's get rid of/capture businesses in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Whether by using drones, nighttime raids, or new programs yet to be employed, these documents show assassination to be central to US counterterrorism policy. The labeled documents reveal that Washington's 14-time targeted killing marketing campaign is suffering from an overreliance on flawed indicators intelligence, an obviously incalculable civilian toll, and an failure to extract probably valuable intellect from terror suspects. This marketing campaign, carried out by two presidents through four presidential terms, has been intentionally obscured from the general public and covered from democratic argument. The Assassination Complex allows us to understand finally the circumstances under which the US government grants or loans itself the to sentence individuals to loss of life without the set up checks and balances of arrest, trial, and charm. The booklet includes original efforts from Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden.
