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Reprieve
US-trained lawyer with Reprieve, a human rights advocacy organization, representing a number of civilian victims of US drone strikes
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Jennifer Gibson
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FROM Jennifer Gibson
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Unmanned Drones and "Collateral Damage" Drones have become a hallmark of the Obama Administration's assault against suspected terrorists all over the world, including in countries where the US is not officially at war. They're operated from a base in Nevada, and the President insists they accidentally kill fewer civilians than conventional airstrikes. But available numbers show it's exactly the other way around, and the White House has yet to make good on the promise to be more transparent. We hear what it's like to be on the "kill list, and talk to a former bomber pilot who's also operated drones.
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