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2:51 PM, Dec 12, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

In a press conference today, Barack Obama was asked:

And speaking of Iran, are you concerned that it will be able to weaken America’s national security by discovering intelligence from the fallen drone that it captured?

The president responded:

With respect to the drone inside of Iran, I’m not going to comment on intelligence matters that are classified. As has already been indicated, we have asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond.

4:02 PM, Oct 7, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Noah Shachtman reports for Wired that "A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones."

9:02 AM, Aug 29, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

The New York Times reports that al Qaeda's number 2, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed by a CIA drone:

A drone operated by the Central Intelligence Agency killed Al Qaeda’s second-ranking figure in the mountains of Pakistan on Monday, American and Pakistani officials said Saturday, further damaging a terrorism network that appears significantly weakened since the death of Osama bin Laden in May.

Keeping options on the table.

2:00 PM, Jan 28, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bruce Riedel, who today defends the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, claiming that it’s a viable alternative to the current regime, said some silly things in a recent speech delivered at Tufts Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.

The ACLU Sues to Prohibit "Targeted Killing" of Foreign and U.S.-Born Terrorists

The ACLU and CCR team up ... to hinder the war effort.

5:56 AM, Aug 31, 2010 • By ADAM J. WHITE

Legal activist groups filed an extraordinary lawsuit yesterday to prevent the U.S. military and CIA from undertaking the "targeted killing" of persons suspected of posing a terrorist threat to the U.S.

Let’s give credit when credit is due.

9:50 AM, Jul 21, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD

Conservatives are fond of denigrating Barack Obama as a foreign policy wimp, a president determined to demonstrate American weakness around the world, one begging for dialogue with dictators, and apologizing for past American sins, real and imagined. Even if overdrawn, there has been justification for this line of criticism.

Let’s give credit when credit is due.

9:50 AM, Jul 21, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD

8:20 PM, Mar 17, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Lee Smith: A Middle East Without American Influence? That's the logical outcome of the Obama administration's current policies.

Israel's image in America falls. Abe Greenwald takes a look.

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