This is an excerpt from an interview published on Bookforum.com In 1999, Richard A. Clarke, the US Counterterrorism Czar for Clinton and Bush, wanted to attach Hellfire missiles to unarmed Predator drones so that he could kill Osama bin Laden. In the months before September 11, Predators set their cameras …
By Marcel LaFlamme It wasn’t Beau’s finest hour. In the closing minutes of a session on drone warfare at New York University’s Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference last fall, the self-described technologist stood up to ask what was, to put it charitably, an inelegant question. Journalist and filmmaker Madiha …
Published in conjunction with Motherboard.- VICE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZzqjKIBNc KATSU is an artist and vandal. His work pushes our idea of what can be achieved with the graffiti artist’s limited tool set. Having established himself as one of New York City’s most prolific and imaginative taggers in the 1990s, KATSU garnered admiration from …
Ryan Calo is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington. His work addresses a daunting question: “How should our legal system respond to the inevitable proliferation of autonomous robots in domestic life?” Calo is often looked to as a leading expert on the legal implications of domestic …
By Alex Pasternack Dianne Feinstein has a bone to pick with drones, especially since she confronted one on her own lawn. “I’m in my home and there’s a demonstration out front, and I go to peek out the window, and there’s a drone facing me,” the California Democratic senator recalled to …
By Zachary Israel Officials who served in George Bush’s administration have been both critical and supportive of President Obama’s use of drones for targeted killing in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. The Bush administration was subjected to much criticism and controversy over its use of indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition and torture …
By Jared Rankin Though it remains technologically and politically fraught, the vision of a domestic dronespace has been fast tracked for legislation by 2015. It is by now obvious, and much commented-upon, that the introduction of sensor-laden drones into national airspace has serious implications for privacy rights. Many have voiced …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone On February 4, we held “Rules of Engagement: The Legal, Ethical and Moral Challenges of the Long War,” a panel discussion …
This is a transcript of “Rules of Engagement: The Legal, Ethical and Moral Challenges of the Long War,” a collaboration between the Center for the Study of the Drone and Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. The panel: Charles A. Blanchard, former General Counsel, U.S. Air Force; former chief …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone In January, the New Jersey Legislature passed a drone regulation bill with an overwhelming majority, but Governor Chris Christie vetoed it. …
By Zachary Israel Responding to the burgeoning interest in the use of drones from public, commercial and private entities, U.S. state legislatures are working to develop a regulatory regime for drones. Though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still has until September 30, 2015 to establish comprehensive rules for the use …
By Joey Sims This article contains spoilers. In the ongoing debate around America’s drone warfare campaign, much of the focus is naturally placed on President Obama and the highest levels of his national security infrastructure. But George Brant’s new play Grounded, which is currently making its New York debut, offers …
