Targeted killing

AIN Blog: Problematic Use of 'Drones' Attracts UN Scrutiny
February 8, 2013 - 11:36am
UN special rapporteur Ben Emmerson

The problematic use of “drones” to prosecute the U.S. war on terror is very much in the news again. On February 7, during a hearing that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters, senators questioned John Brennan, President Obama’s CIA director-designate, about the administration’s heavy reliance on “targeted killings” by unmanned aircraft.