Chilling! Gut Wrenching! Shocking!.....But, Maybe I'm Wrong? Before you Answer....Watch/Read!
Chilling! Gut Wrenching! Shocking!.....But, Maybe I'm Wrong? Before you Answer....
Watch and Read this.......(Please go there and watch Holder Video and watch the American Civil Liberties Union Response to Holder's Speech)...I'm so horrified I couldn't give the individual links...but, if you are interested you can find it ALL THERE is you Look at:
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Attorney General Eric Holder Defends Legality of Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens Overseas
Using armed drones, President Obama has overseen the targeted killing of at least three U.S. civilians overseas — more than President Bush did in office. Are the killings legal? Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, says Attorney General Eric Holder’s defense on Monday of the Obama administration’s policy authorizing the assassination of U.S. citizens abroad “left open more questions than it answered.” She says Holder’s speech amounted to a broad defense of the administration’s claimed expansive authority to kill its own citizens, far from any battlefield and without judicial review or oversight of legal standards. "While Holder acknowledges that the Constitution requires ‘due process’ before the government takes the life of one of its own citizens,” Shamsi argues, “he says it is up to the Executive Branch alone, without judicial review, to determine what process is due and to make that decision without any oversight — and that’s simply not the case in our constitutional system of checks and balances.” The ACLU is suing the White House to disclose its legal memos that justify targeted killings. Filed under War on
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Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project.
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I guess that's what it's all about these days. 
Updated: 5 hours 45 minutes ago
Sharon Weinberger Sharon Weinberger Contributor
AOL News
TAMPA, Fla. (June 21) — When the jet-black Maveric flies over Florida skies, the local turkey vultures fly after it. That’s because Maveric, one of a new generation of microdrones, has a profile remarkably similar to that of a bird in flight.
Most people associate drones with the large unmanned aircraft carrying out airstrikes and surveillance missions over Afghanistan and Pakistan. But here at an industry conference for the U.S. military’s “secret warriors” — the special operations community — the increasing focus is on small, stealthy drones that can swoop in and spy on potential enemies. And perhaps even kill them.
These sorts of drones don’t typically require specially trained operators or cumbersome ground control stations. Nor, as is often the case with larger surveillance drones, do they require troops to wait hours to receive critical information transmitted from faraway intelligence centers. Rather, these unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, provide immediate imagery and intelligence to the people who need them most: soldiers on the ground.
Aurora Flight Systems
The Skate Unmanned Aerial System, built by Aurora Flight Systems, weighs just 2 pounds and can be flown with a video game controller.
Here is a sampling of some of the new microdrones that were spotted an a walk-through of the exhibit hall at the recent Special Operations Forces Industry Conference:
Flying Hand Grenade: Imagine two 40 mm hand grenades attached to a model aircraft and you’ve got a very rough idea of the Tactical Grenade Extended Range, or TiGER. Made my MBDA, a European defense company, TiGER is designed for use by soldiers to attack targets, like a sniper, who are hiding behind walls or buildings. Hand launched, with inflatable wings, the TiGER is controlled by an operator using a laptop computer. TiGER is the first weaponized microdrone, Doug Denneny, vice president of government relations for MBDA, told AOL News. The company is hoping to sell it to Special Operations Command, which is shopping for a lethal miniature aerial munition.
Bird of Prey: With no assembly required, the bird-like Maveric folds into a small portable tube and can be easily carried by a soldier. It’s stored and transported in one piece, making it easy to use. It can fly for up 90 minutes, snapping pictures, swooping down low near the ground, or flying as high as 25,000 feet. The Navy is buying Maveric for its SEALS, who plan to launch it from a canister out of a mini-submarine. Though the company’s website says it’s “not just a nice body,” the sleek black design is no accident. Lee Hunt, who works for Prioria, the Florida-based company that makes the drone, says Maveric is designed to look very similar to a bird. The local turkey vultures, at least, appear to be convinced.
MORE of a GOOD READ at....
http://tavivootuniverse.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/aol-us-military-micro-drones-are-like-killer-birds/
