The CIA is seeking authority to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen by launching strikes against terrorism suspects even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed, U.S. officials said.
Securing permission to use these “signature strikes” would allow the agency to hit targets based solely on intelligence indicating patterns of suspicious behavior, such as imagery showing militants gathering at known al-Qaeda compounds or unloading explosives.
The practice has been a core element of the CIA’s drone program in Pakistan for several years. CIA Director David H. Petraeus has requested permission to use the tactic against the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, which has emerged as the most pressing terrorism threat to the United States, officials said...
The problem "bleeding hearts" like me have with drones (aside from the fact that police in America are beginning to use them to further circumvent Constitutional liberties in our Police State), is the collateral damage that kills innocent women and children. I mean, I get it America, they are Brown and Not Our Kids so fuck 'em, but I happen to believe what goes 'round comes 'round. Besides, some will argue, they would just have grown up to be terrorists anyway.
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