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@rolandparis They claim my using public info + interviews to reveal US drone bases could "endanger US relations with allies." about 5 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to rolandparis
See where US drone bases are: bit.ly/JzWXsr. Never got more hate mail for anything I've written. about 5 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Don't ask why I'm at the Security Council, but nobody's discussing Syria here right now. yfrog.com/h2h1mwfzj about 6 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Pentagon spox on #drone victims: "I can assure you the number of civilian casualties is very, very low." 1.usa.gov/M85swv about 9 hours ago via web
Where America's Drones Are. on.cfr.org/KcUCop Guided tour to #Turkey, #Afghanistan, #Qatar, UAE... about 9 hours ago via web
Mapping Obama's drone wars. bit.ly/JzWXsr Emma Welch + myself in @FP_Magazine. This was a lot of work. about 14 hours ago via web
WP front page: "In Yemen, US Airstrikes Breed Anger, Sympathy for Al-Qaeda." wapo.st/KrClBN Who could have imagined? about 17 hours ago via web
FYI: It's been US policy to kill unnamed suspected militants since summer 2008, even if you just read about it in today's NYT. 2:10 PM May 29th via web
China releases its "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011." bit.ly/M2wZ2u #potkettleblack 9:13 AM May 29th via web
Senate Foreign Relations + House Foreign Affairs Committees hearings on how targeted killings fit into US foreign policy = zero 8:13 AM May 29th via web
Former officials concerns re drone strikes in NYT--legality, civilians, transparency--all what they said off-the-record for yrs. 6:23 AM May 29th via web
White House mounting sustained PR campaign of how they wrestle w/ drone strikes, in lieu of real transparency or due process. 5:48 AM May 29th via web
Notable that NYT targeted killings feature remarkably similar to Klaidman piece. bit.ly/KPXmlb same moral/ethical debates 5:39 AM May 29th via web
Snr intell official: "The [CIA] count the corpses and they’re not really sure who they are.” nyti.ms/LBje58 #dueprocess 5:35 AM May 29th via web
Anwar al-Awlaki's brother-in-law killed. abcn.ws/JQ8kqY US drone + naval strike in #Yemen today. 9:43 AM May 28th via web
The CIA renamed signature drone strikes "terrorist-attack-disruption-strikes, or TADS." bit.ly/KPXmlb 6:09 AM May 28th via web
Indian govt. spends $4.7B on higher education for 15M students. Cal Tech spends $3B for 2,231 students. on.ft.com/K6hvd8 4:49 AM May 28th via web
FT: Israel Iran attack in 2012 "would be unacceptable...Reckless + cynical tactic would deserve condemnation." on.ft.com/KU7MT1 1:56 PM May 27th via web
New guest post. Col. Chad Manske (@usairforce), Remember Veterans on Memorial Day Weekend. on.cfr.org/JNKBaI 9:48 AM May 27th via web
US spent $62B on nation-building in Iraq (1.usa.gov/KeHKfD), and $57B--so far--in Afghanistan. (reut.rs/KuookO) 8:34 AM May 27th via web

Name Micah Zenko
Location New York, NY
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Bio Fellow in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. All opinions my own. Learn about, or buy, my book: http://amzn.to/pJYxJz