Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
According to anonymous sources, Obama has drawn up a guidebook that sets forth the circumstances by which targeted assassinations using drones can be carried out. This document seeks to justify the use of unmanned aircraft for the use of a CIA-operated targeted-killing program which is still officially classified.
The Obama administration is deciding whether or not drone killings should be the first response to terroristic suspicions in order to “help allied governments attack their enemies or to prevent militants from controlling territories.”
In May, Obama promoted John Brennan, chief adviser of Counter-terrorism, to assassination Czar and giving him the power to decide who will be assassinated with collaboration of the President direct. Brennan, who was a CIA official during the Bush administration, believes that drone killings are moral, ethical and just.
Brennan can choose which “terrorists” will be targeted for drone attacks or raids. He works with the State Department and the Pentagon (along with various federal agencies) in creating target lists; deciding who lives and who dies. Then his recommendation is delivered directly to Obama for final consideration.
The Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus (CUSC) or “drone caucus” is a 60 member committee consisting of members of the House of Representatives. They have been instrumental in the overt pressure that Capitol Hill has endured from drone manufacturers in support of making drone technology a more prominent part of the US government’s armed forces response.
The CUSC is focused on educating educate “members of Congress and the public on the strategic, tactical, and scientific value of unmanned systems; actively support further development and acquisition of more systems, and to more effectively engage the civilian aviation community on unmanned system use and safety.”
Their supporters include:
• The Department of Homeland Security
• NASA
• The Federal Aviation Administration
• Private sector corporations
• Drone manufacturers
Occupy Corporatism
According to anonymous sources, Obama has drawn up a guidebook that sets forth the circumstances by which targeted assassinations using drones can be carried out. This document seeks to justify the use of unmanned aircraft for the use of a CIA-operated targeted-killing program which is still officially classified.
The Obama administration is deciding whether or not drone killings should be the first response to terroristic suspicions in order to “help allied governments attack their enemies or to prevent militants from controlling territories.”
In May, Obama promoted John Brennan, chief adviser of Counter-terrorism, to assassination Czar and giving him the power to decide who will be assassinated with collaboration of the President direct. Brennan, who was a CIA official during the Bush administration, believes that drone killings are moral, ethical and just.
Brennan can choose which “terrorists” will be targeted for drone attacks or raids. He works with the State Department and the Pentagon (along with various federal agencies) in creating target lists; deciding who lives and who dies. Then his recommendation is delivered directly to Obama for final consideration.
The Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus (CUSC) or “drone caucus” is a 60 member committee consisting of members of the House of Representatives. They have been instrumental in the overt pressure that Capitol Hill has endured from drone manufacturers in support of making drone technology a more prominent part of the US government’s armed forces response.
The CUSC is focused on educating educate “members of Congress and the public on the strategic, tactical, and scientific value of unmanned systems; actively support further development and acquisition of more systems, and to more effectively engage the civilian aviation community on unmanned system use and safety.”
Their supporters include:
• The Department of Homeland Security
• NASA
• The Federal Aviation Administration
• Private sector corporations
• Drone manufacturers
Thanks to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 6 national drone test sites were established to coincide with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement that by 2015 at least 30,000 drones will be in American skies surveying US citizens in the name of safety, according to Janet Napolitano.
President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act in February of this year, demanding that the FAA “integrate operation of drones” into National Airspace by 2015.
These drones will be in civilian airspace, with “the potential for invasive surveillance of daily activities,” says House Representative Ed Markey.
Jennifer Lynch, EFF staff attorney, remarked that drones “could be revealing deeply personal details’ about American citizens.”
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