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Commentary: When the Whole World Has Drones

March 22, 2013 FROM NEXTGOV arrow A slim aircraft glided through Israeli airspace, maintaining low altitude and taking a winding path to avoid detection. It flew over sensitive military installations and was beginning its approach to the Dimona nuclear reactor when it was blown from the sky by the Israel Defense Forces. The plane was pilotless, ...

How Many Americans Are on the Kill List? Zero.

March 21, 2013 No Americans are currently marked for death on the U.S. government’s terrorist strike list, according to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The White House has wrapped its kill list in secrecy and already the United States has killed four Americans in drone strikes. Only one of them, senior ...

What’s in the Secret Drone Memos?

February 22, 2013 FROM NEXTGOV arrow Despite President Obama’s pledge in his State of the Union address to make the drone program “even more transparent to the American people and to the world,” his administration continues to resist efforts by Congress, even from fellow Democrats, to obtain the full range of classified legal memos justifying “targeted ...

Watchdog Finds Well-Oiled Revolving Door Linking SEC and Industry

February 11, 2013 Former Securities and Exchange Commission employees routinely helped companies overseen by the regulator to influence rulemaking, soften enforcement actions, and secure exemptions from federal law, according to a report that will be released Monday by the Project On Government Oversight. POGO – an independent watchdog group – studied disclosure statements ...