US SkieZ. Target PollZ Saddening. FBI MAPZ Horder. Dubious Border Drone Numbers. The overall low number of apprehensions and drug seizures attributed to drone surveillance on the border raise new questions about the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the unmanned Predator drones deployed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Even if the numbers of pounds of seized marijuana and of illegal immigrant border crossers were much higher, the same questions might be asked given the failure of DHS to make a strong case that cannabis and immigrants threaten the security of the homeland.Yet another problem with the border drone program is that the declared numbers are carelessly formulated by Customs and Border Protection and by its Office of Air and Marine. What is more, it’s unclear whether the number of apprehensions and seizures CBP/OAM does disseminate are entirely attributable to UAV surveillance. First, it’s not clear whether the cited seizures and arrests are solely attributable to drone surveillance.
Little Girl Mutilated by Obama's Drone Warfare Comes to U.S. For Surgery. Shakira was one year old when Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Barack Obama ordered the 2009 drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-infested Swat valley that nearly killed her.
With two other burned little girls, she was put in a trash bin to die. A volunteer doctor with House of Charity discovered the three babies and attempted to save them. Two of the little girls died from their injuries, but Shakira, who is now four, lived to be disfigured. Secrecy defines Obama’s drone war. Source: Washington Post Since September, at least 60 people have died in 14 reported CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions.
The Obama administration has named only one of the dead, hailing the elimination of Janbaz Zadran, a top official in the Haqqani insurgent network, as a counterterrorism victory. The identities of the rest remain classified, as does the existence of the drone program itself. Because the names of the dead and the threat they were believed to pose are secret, it is impossible for anyone without access to U.S. intelligence to assess whether the deaths were justified.
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