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Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:43 PM<br>Subject: Hey, Sen. Feinstein, Read the New York Times!<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p><b>Tell Dianne Feinstein to get a subscription to the <i>New York Times</i> and to read the articles relevant to her oversight responsibilities.</b></p>
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<p>California Senator Dianne Feinstein said something recently that's making our heads spin. <br>
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Following John Brennan's confirmation hearing last Thursday in which the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned him on US drone policy, Politico reported Sen. Feinstein as saying that</p>
<blockquote> <b>she was unaware of reports that in some instances U.S. officials assumed any male of fighting age killed in a strike was a combatant - a method that could undercount the number of civilian deaths.</b> [1] </blockquote>
<p>Apparently, Sen. Feinstein doesn't have a subscription to the <i>New York Times</i>. Last May, the <i>Times</i> ran a major expose on US drone policy that featured the revelation that the CIA was counting all “military-aged males in a strike zone” as “combatants” in their drone strike kill counts. [2] <br>
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<b>What makes this situation even more outrageous is that Sen. Feinstein is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is responsible for overseeing the CIA and US drone policy.</b> How is it possible that she was unaware of a widely-noted <i>New York Times</i> article on a policy she is responsible for overseeing?<br>
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We think "oversight" of drone strike policy includes the responsibility to know what's being reported about it in the press and to ask government officials about these concerns. That means someone needs to get a subscription to the <i>New York Times</i> ASAP. Don't you agree? <br>
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<b>Join us in telling Sen. Feinstein and her staff to get subscriptions to the <i>New York Times</i> and to read the articles related to drone strikes.</b><br>
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Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
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1. "4 takeaways from John Brennan’s grilling," Josh Gerstein, Politico, February 7, 2013, <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rkzGqkIY35wUUmQ3vetCgmNaKDgFxnBD" target="_blank">http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/takeaways-from-the-john-brennan-hearing-grilling-87362.html</a><br>
2. "Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will," Jo Becker and Scott Shane, New York Times, May 29, 2012, <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BnDHu8zHMzQCUIVVHiVw82NaKDgFxnBD" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html</a></p>
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