Why America Stopped Sending 'Terrorists' To Gitmo And Started Bombing Them -- Michael Kelley, Business Insider
Last week John Bellinger, the lawyer who drafted the legal framework for drone strikes under George W. Bush, accused the Obama administration of overusing drone strikes because of a reluctance to capture suspected terrorists.
The evidence for the statement is obvious: shortly after Obama took office, the CIA ostensibly shut down its network of secret interrogation centers (i.e. black sites), the president promised to close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility, and the U.S. ramped up drone strikes.
The shift to drones was made for legal and political reasons — despite significant moral concerns and the potential for abuse.
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My Comment: A cynical look at how US counter-terrorism policy may be formulated .... and the shocking possibility is that the author may be right.
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