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USA: Obama frames covert drone war as necessary evil

23 May 2013

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Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will continue with its controversial targeted killing programme. In a major speech the US president also announced that he has signed into force a new – and secret – rule book for lethal action that provides ‘clear guidelines, oversight and accountability’ for covert drone strikes.

See: Full story (Bureau of Investigative Journalism, link)

And: Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings (McClatchy, link)

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the controversial targeted killings.

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