Snowden, The Drone Papers: ...a cache of secret documents...

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https://theintercept.com/drone-papers

The Drone Papers


The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama’s drone wars.˅


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• 01.
  The Assassination Complex
  
  Jeremy Scahill
  The whistleblower who leaked the drone papers believes the public is entitled to know how people are placed on kill lists and assassinated on orders from the president.
  
  
  
  
• 02.
  A Visual Glossary
  
  Josh Begley
  Decoding the language of covert warfare.
  
  
  
  
• 03.
  The Kill Chain
  
  Cora Currier
  New details about the secret criteria for drone strikes and how the White House approves targets.
  
  
  
  
• 04.
  Find, Fix, Finish
  
  Jeremy Scahill
  The tip of the spear in the Obama administration’s ramped up wars in Somalia and Yemen was a special operations task force called TF 48-4.
  
  
  
  
• 05.
  Manhunting in the Hindu Kush
  
  Ryan Devereaux
  Leaked documents detailing a multi-year U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan reveal the strategic limits and startling human costs of drone warfare.
  
  
  
  
• 06.
  Firing Blind
  
  Cora Currier, Peter Maass
  A secret Pentagon study highlights the chronic flaws in intelligence used for drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia.
  
  
  
  
• 07.
  The Life and Death of Objective Peckham
  
  Ryan Gallagher
  For years Bilal el-Berjawi traveled freely from the U.K. to Somalia under the watchful eyes of intelligence services. Then the U.S. killed him with a drone strike.
  
  
  
  
• 08.
  Target Africa
  
  Nick Turse
  To reduce the “tyranny of distance,” drones fly from bases in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Navy ships.
  
  
  
  
• 09.Glossary
  
  The Alphabet of Assassination
  
  A guide to the acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms used in The Drone Papers.
  
• 10.Documents
  
  Small Footprint Operations 2/13
  
  Small Footprint Operations 5/13
  
  Operation Haymaker
  
  Geolocation Watchlist
  
  

Editor-in-Chief: Betsy Reed. Series Editor: Roger Hodge. Additional Editing: Peter Maass, Charlotte Greensit, Andrea Jones. Research: Alleen Brown, John Thomason, Margot Williams, Spencer Woodman. Art Direction: Stephane Elbaz and Philipp Hubert. Development: Tom Conroy and Raby Yuson.