Trump Just Gave Himself More Power to Kill in Secret
He reversed an Obama-era order requiring the annual publication of drone strikes undertaken by the United States.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Mar 07, 2019
2 minutes
After seven years spent presiding over many hundreds of secretive, extrajudicial CIA killings, President Barack Obama signed intended to increase transparency and reduce the “tragic” deaths of civilians. The order required the release each May 1 of the number of drone strikes undertaken by the United States “against
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