Assassination Complex, The: Inside the US government’s secret dron - Jeremy Scahill

In this shocking exposé of the US government's drone programme, bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about the secret assassination policy being carried out by America and her allies. When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to troops on the ground and are authorised only when an imminent threat is present and there is near certainty that the intended target will be killed. The implicit message on drone strikes from the Obama administration has been trust, but don't verify. The online magazine The Intercept exploded this secrecy when it obtained an extraordinary cache of secret documents, the most shocking of which are included in this book, that reveal how Washington's fourteen-year targeted killing campaign suffers from an overreliance on flawed intelligence, an apparently incalculable civilian toll, and an inability to extract potentially valuable intelligence from terror suspects. The Assassination Complex is a vital, urgent book which allows us to understand at last the circumstances under which the US government and her allies have granted themselves the right to sentence individuals to death without the established checks and balances of arrest, trial, and appeal.

TITLE: Assassination Complex, The: Inside the US government's secret drone warfare programme

AUTHOR: Jeremy Scahill

SKU: 9781781257722

PUBLISHER: Profile Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 20160428

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 256

DIMENSIONS: 200x130

WEIGHT: 247