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Ex-Drone Warrior: Don’t Give the CIA Authority to Deploy Killer Robots in Afghanistan

Beware Secret Power

The Pentagon has to document civilian casualties and account for its mission. The CIA does not.

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I used to work in the United States drone program. I did not “push the button” or guide the missiles, but I was one of the many faceless technicians who executed the so-called War on Terror from my home state of California.

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