To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News In light of new reported security threats from al-Queda groups, the U.S. has escalated the frequency of drone strikes in Yemen; in the most recent strikes, 22 suspected al-Queda militants were killed. (Bloomberg) In a …
To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Three suspected al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants were killed in a particularly active week of drone strikes in Yemen. (Reuters) During an official visit to Pakistan, American Secretary of State John Kerry declared that …
To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Trending Now The Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a leaked document detailing Pakistan’s own estimates of civilian casualties caused by CIA drone strikes in the period from January 2006 to October 2009, before the steep …
By Dan Gettinger On July 25th, I listened in on a teleconference hosted by the American Bar Association titled “Targeting Killing and Drones.” In this post I summarize some of the key points made by the speakers. The full transcript will be published by the ABA next week. In attendance …
To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Trending Now In Pakistan, a U.S. drone strike killed 2 suspected Taliban militants, while a Pakistani Air Force strike killed an additional 17. The Pakistani government, which has been protesting against U.S. drone operations in …
By Naomi Rubel LaChance On June 19th, the director of the FBI told the U.S. Senate Committee that the FBI had used drones for surveillance in limited cases over U.S. soil. On June 20th, the WAMC Roundtable, a local radio talk show that hosts journalists and intellectuals who discuss pertinent …
To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Trending Now The U.N peacekeeping chief Hervé Ladsous announced that peacekeeping troops in the Congo will deploy unarmed drones, a first for the international organization. “This is a major innovation,” Ladsous said. “For the first …
Heather Layton and Brian Bailey are activists, artists, and social interventionists based in Rochester, New York. Their exhibition Home Drone, at the Hampden Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was a critically acclaimed exploration of what they considered the depravity—and inherent unfairness—of the U.S government’s targeted killing program. The …
To receive our roundup in your inbox, subscribe at the bottom of the page. News Trending Now The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit digital rights group, released documents showing an eight-fold increase in the use of drones leased out by the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency to other …
By Steven Tran-Creque Whenever someone mentions sovereignty, it’s pretty easy to come away with the impression that all that’s at stake is the law: questions of territory, jurisdiction, violations of airspace, and so on. Consider, for example: Two months ago, Pakistan accused the United States of violating its sovereignty …
If you would like to receive our roundup directly to your inbox, please let us know at barddrones [at] gmail News Trending Now Robert Mueller, the outgoing director of the FBI, said in a Senate hearing on Wednesday that the FBI has occasionally used drones over the United States in …
In case you were wondering what is happening in the drone world this summer. James Bridle, A Quiet Disposition June 19th to July 7th, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. James Bridle’s drone art has received a lot of attention recently: his provocative and innovative style has earned him a comparison to Warhol and …
