[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Hey, Sen. Feinstein, Read the New York Times!

[Robert Naiman]

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Subject: Hey, Sen. Feinstein, Read the New York Times!
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Dear Robert,

*Tell Dianne Feinstein to get a subscription to the New York Times and to
read the articles relevant to her oversight responsibilities.*
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 California Senator Dianne Feinstein said something recently that's making
our heads spin.

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

*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.* [1]

Apparently, Sen. Feinstein doesn't have a subscription to the *New York
Times*. Last May, the *Times* 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]

*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.* How is it possible that she was
unaware of a widely-noted *New York Times* article on a policy she is
responsible for overseeing?

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 *New York Times* ASAP. Don't you agree?

*Join us in telling Sen. Feinstein and her staff to get subscriptions to
the New York Times and to read the articles related to drone strikes.*

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Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy

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References:

1. "4 takeaways from John Brennan’s grilling," Josh Gerstein, Politico,
February 7, 2013,
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/takeaways-from-the-john-brennan-hearing-grilling-87362.html<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rkzGqkIY35wUUmQ3vetCgmNaKDgFxnBD>
2. "Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will," Jo
Becker and Scott Shane, New York Times, May 29, 2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BnDHu8zHMzQCUIVVHiVw82NaKDgFxnBD>


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