Snowden, The Drone Papers: ...a cache of secret documents...
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[QUOTE=presence;6014892][URL]https://theintercept.com/drone-papers[/URL]
[QUOTE][B]The Drone Papers[/B]
The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama’s drone wars.˅
Illustration by The Intercept
[LIST][*]01.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/SQ01_TheAssassinationComplex01-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]The Assassination Complex[/B]
Jeremy Scahill
The whistleblower who leaked the drone papers believes the public is entitled to know how people are placed on kill lists and assassinated on orders from the president.
[/URL] [*]02.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/a-visual-glossary/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/SQ02_AVisualGlossary01-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]A Visual Glossary[/B]
Josh Begley
Decoding the language of covert warfare.
[/URL] [*]03.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-kill-chain/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/KC_HeadsRedacted01-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]The Kill Chain[/B]
Cora Currier
New details about the secret criteria for drone strikes and how the White House approves targets.
[/URL] [*]04.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/find-fix-finish/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/SQ03_FindFixFinish-Getty159308578-1-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Find, Fix, Finish[/B]
Jeremy Scahill
The tip of the spear in the Obama administration’s ramped up wars in Somalia and Yemen was a special operations task force called TF 48-4.
[/URL] [*]05.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/manhunting-in-the-hindu-kush/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/GettyImages-107990394-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Manhunting in the Hindu Kush[/B]
Ryan Devereaux
Leaked documents detailing a multi-year U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan reveal the strategic limits and startling human costs of drone warfare.
[/URL] [*]06.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/firing-blind/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/firing-blind-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Firing Blind[/B]
Cora Currier, Peter Maass
A secret Pentagon study highlights the chronic flaws in intelligence used for drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia.
[/URL] [*]07.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-life-and-death-of-objective-peckham/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn04.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/Testa.London.006-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]The Life and Death of Objective Peckham[/B]
Ryan Gallagher
For years Bilal el-Berjawi traveled freely from the U.K. to Somalia under the watchful eyes of intelligence services. Then the U.S. killed him with a drone strike.
[/URL] [*]08.[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/target-africa/"][IMG]https://prod01-cdn06.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/2015/10/SQ08_TargetAftica01-promo.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Target Africa[/B]
Nick Turse
To reduce the “tyranny of distance,” drones fly from bases in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Navy ships.
[/URL] [*]09.[B]Glossary[/B]
[URL="https://theintercept.com/drone-papers-alphabet-of-assassination"][B]The Alphabet of Assassination[/B]
A guide to the acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms used in [I]The Drone Papers.[/I]
[/URL] [*]10.[B]Documents[/B]
[URL="https://theintercept.com/document/2015/10/15/small-footprint-operations-2-13/"][B]Small Footprint Operations 2/13[/B]
[/URL][URL="https://theintercept.com/document/2015/10/15/small-footprint-operations-5-13/"][B]Small Footprint Operations 5/13[/B]
[/URL][URL="https://theintercept.com/document/2015/10/15/operation-haymaker/"][B]Operation Haymaker[/B]
[/URL][URL="https://theintercept.com/document/2015/10/15/geolocation-watchlist/"][B]Geolocation Watchlist[/B]
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Editor-in-Chief: Betsy Reed. Series Editor: Roger Hodge. Additional Editing: Peter Maass, Charlotte Greensit, Andrea Jones. Research: Alleen Brown, John Thomason, Margot Williams, Spencer Woodman. Art Direction: Stephane Elbaz and Philipp Hubert. Development: Tom Conroy and Raby Yuson.
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