Utspørring av ny sjef for CIA

 

Som sjef for en UAV operasjon i Midt Østen, har kandidat til jobben som ny sjef for CIA, John Brennan, møtt sterke reaksjoner. Utspørringen ble avbrutt i går på grunn av demonstrasjoner, og lokalet måtte ryddes. Brennan snakket om "colateral damage" i forbindelse med beskytning/bombing av terrormål. Det er et faktum at terrorister gjemmer seg blant sivilbefolkningen. Disse terroristene må regnes som stridende. Da har de ikke lov til å gjemme seg blant sivile, har jeg lest. Dog så er temaet vanskelig. Sjekk http://tinyurl.com/d6yqwp6

In Washington on Thursday, the secretive policy had its first official public airing, as Congress started confirmation hearings for John Brennan, whom President Obama has nominated by to be the next CIA director. Brennan is currently President Obama’s counterterrorism chief and the principle architect of the U.S. drone policy.
It was Brennan who first publicly admitted the existence of the drone program last year.
In a speech last year at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Brennan said, “Let me say it as simply as I can: Yes, in full accordance with the law and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the united states and to save American lives the united states government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qaeda terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones. And i m here today because president Obama has instructed us to be more open with the American people about these efforts.”
Much remains secret about the drone program. Most notably is the “Kill List” – targets, including American citizens, that the President is said to personally approve.
Indeed, three Americans are known to have been killed by drones, including a 16-year-old American boy who was born in Colorado, who the son of American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki.