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Title The assassination complex : inside the government's secret drone warfare program / Jeremy Scahill and the staff of The Intercept.
Author Scahill, Jeremy, author.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  358.4 SCA    Check Shelves
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xviii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
Contents Foreword: Elected by circumstance -- The assassination complex -- Death and the watchlist -- Why I leaked the watchlist documents -- Find, fix, finish -- The kill chain -- The heart of the drone maze -- Target Africa -- Death by metadata -- Firing blind -- Stingrays at home -- The life and death of Objective Peckham -- Manhunting in the Hindu Kush -- Afterword.
Summary Exposes new details about the secret assassination policy of the U.S. government, discussing the use of drones and night raids for targeted operations and the overreliance on flawed intelligence.
Subject Drone aircraft -- Government policy -- United States.
Targeted killing -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Targeted killing -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Drone aircraft -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- United States -- Decision making.
Military intelligence -- United States -- Evaluation.
Military intelligence -- Technological innovation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
National security -- United States.
Added Title Intercept.
ISBN 1501144138 (hardcover) : $30.00
9781501144134 (hardcover)
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