[Peace-discuss] how about a Durbin letter to President Obama on new CIA chief and drone strike policy?

[Brussel, Morton K]

I don't want a "reform"; I want it stopped!  

--mkb

On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:

> What do you think of the idea of Senator Durbin sending a letter to
> President Obama ahead of his announcement of his pick to head the CIA,
> saying this is an opportunity for a fundamental reform of the drone
> strike policy; in particular, getting the CIA out of drone strikes (a
> proposal which has been endorsed by the Washington Post editorial
> board, Human Rights Watch, and the 9/11 Commission.)
> 
> That could be the marquee demand for a list of reforms of drone strike
> policy that Senator Durbin would like to see, knocking down the most
> egregious aspects of current policy, such as:
> 
> - legal justification not disclosed
> - civilian victims not compensated
> - civilian harm not publicly assessed
> - secondary strikes/attacks on rescuers
> - signature strikes whose targeting criteria violate international law
> on their face
> 
> Here's some relevant ink:
> 
> Obama’s pick for CIA could affect drone program
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obamas-pick-for-cia-could-affect-drone-program/2012/11/24/4dc58dc2-3349-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html
> 
> US: Transfer CIA Drone Strikes to Military
> Ensure Intelligence Agency Abides by International Law
> APRIL 20, 2012
> http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/20/us-transfer-cia-drone-strikes-military
> 
> Pulling the U.S. drone war out of the shadows
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-drone-war-demands-accountability/2012/11/01/56627964-2380-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html
> 
> 
> --
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
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