Daniel Klaidman

Newsweek/Daily Beast

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Special correspondent for Newsweek/Daily Beast and author of Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency

Daniel Klaidman on KCRW

In the aftermath of 9/11, America went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but we also embarked on a covert war involving special operations troops, drones dropping bombs on high-level…

The Secret US War on Global Terrorism

In the aftermath of 9/11, America went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but we also embarked on a covert war involving special operations troops, drones dropping bombs on high-level…

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Unmanned drones are re-shaping both the gathering of intelligence and the conduct of warfare by the Obama Administration.

The CIA, the Pentagon and Obama’s Drone War…

Unmanned drones are re-shaping both the gathering of intelligence and the conduct of warfare by the Obama Administration.

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Unmanned drones are re-shaping both the gathering of intelligence and the conduct of warfare by the Obama Administration.

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Unmanned drones are re-shaping both the gathering of intelligence and the conduct of warfare by the Obama Administration.

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