The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret

The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program

Major revelations about the US governmentâ€™s drone programâ€”bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about Americaâ€™s secret assassination policy.

When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to troops on the ground and are authorized only when an â€œimminentâ€ threat is present and there is â€œnear certaintyâ€ that the intended target will be killed. The implicit message on drone strikes from the Obama administration has been trust, but donâ€™t verify.

The online magazine The Intercept exploded this secrecy when it obtained a cache of secret slides that provide a window into the inner workings of the US militaryâ€™s kill/capture operations in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Whether through the use of drones, night raids, or new platforms yet to be employed, these documents show assassination to be central to US counterterrorism policy.

The classified documents reveal that Washingtonâ€™s fourteen-year targeted killing campaign suffers from an overreliance on flawed signals intelligence, an apparently incalculable civilian toll, and an inability to extract potentially valuable intelligence from terror suspects. This campaign, carried out by two presidents through four presidential terms, has been deliberately obscured from the public and insulated from democratic debate. The Assassination Complex allows us to understand at last the circumstances under which the US government grants itself the right to sentence individuals to death without the established checks and balances of arrest, trial, and appeal.

The book will include original contributions from Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1501144138SRD
ReleaseDate 2016-05-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501144134

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1501144138SRD
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501144134

The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program

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