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Old 03-07-2019, 01:32 PM  
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Trump quietly rewrote rules of drone warfare, which means the US can now kill civilians in secret

More dictatorship moves....


US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reducing the number of civilian deaths from drones that the government must report.

Trump signed the order Wednesday, revoking an Obama-era requirement for the director of national intelligence to release an annual report on the number of deaths resulting from US operations in noncombat areas around the world.

Such areas include parts of Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan.

President Barack Obama introduced the measure in 2016 as he faced pressure to be more transparent about the increased use of drones.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...-deaths-2019-3
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