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Author:

Scahill, Jeremy, author.

Title:

The assassination complex : inside the government's secret drone program / by Jeremy Scahill and the staff of The Intercept.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xviii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.
Targeted killing--United States--History--21st century.
Targeted killing--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Terrorism--Decision making.--United States--Decision making.
Military intelligence--United States--Evaluation.
Military intelligence--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
National security--United States.
United States--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.

Other Titles:

Intercept.

Contents:

Foreword: Elected by circumstance -- The assassination complex -- Death and the watchlist -- Why I leaked the watchlist documents -- Find, fix, finish -- The kill chain -- The heart of the drone maze -- Target Africa -- Death by metadata -- Firing blind -- Stingrays at home -- The life and death of Objective Peckham -- Manhunting in the Hindu Kush -- Afterword.

Summary:

Exposes new details about the secret assassination policy of the U.S. government, discussing the use of drones and night raids for targeted operations and the overreliance on flawed intelligence.

ISBN:

1501144138
9781501144134

LCCN:

2016001115

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