In this shocking exposé of the US government's drone programme,
bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the
investigative website _The Intercept _expose stunning new details
about the secret assassination policy being carried out by America and
her allies.
When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers
assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to
troops on the ground and are authorised only when an "imminent" threat
is present and there is "near certainty" that the intended target will
be killed. The implicit message on drone strikes from the Obama
administration has been _trust, but don't verify._
The online magazine _The Intercept_ exploded this secrecy when it
obtained an extraordinary cache of secret documents, the most shocking
of which are included in this book, that reveal how Washington's
fourteen-year targeted killing campaign suffers from an overreliance
on flawed intelligence, an apparently incalculable civilian toll, and
an inability to extract potentially valuable intelligence from terror
suspects.
_The Assassination Complex_ is a vital, urgent book which allows us to
understand at last the circumstances under which the US government and
her allies have granted themselves the right to sentence individuals
to death without the established checks and balances of arrest, trial,
and appeal.
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ISBN
9781782833222
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Serpent's tail
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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