For Immediate Release
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:00pm
Drone
Whistleblowers: U.S. Assassination Program Ignites Terrorism
WASHINGTON - The Guardian reports: “Four former U.S. Air Force service
members, with more than 20 years of experience between them operating military
drones, have written an open letter to Barack Obama warning that the program of
targeted killings by unmanned aircraft has become a major driving force for
ISIS and other terrorist groups.
“The group of servicemen have issued an
impassioned plea to the Obama administration, calling for a rethink of a
military tactic that they say has ‘fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited
terrorism and groups like Isis, while also serving as a fundamental recruitment
tool similar to Guantánamo Bay’. …
“The four are represented legally
by Jesselyn Radack, director of national security and human rights at the
nonprofit ExposeFacts [a project of the Institute for Public Accuracy]. ‘This
is the first time we’ve had so many people speaking out together about the
drone program,’ she said, pointing out that the men were fully aware that they
faced possible prosecution for speaking out.” See Guardian piece “Obama’s drone war a ‘recruitment tool’ for Isis, say US
air force whistleblowers” which includes the letter from the
whistleblowers and a link to the new film, “Drone.”
Kinane is quoted in the recent piece in
the Atlantic: “The Drone Economy The unmanned-aircraft industry could
help to revive a struggling region. But what are the consequences?“
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Richmond County jail, Texas. (photo: Reuters)
550
People Died in Texas Jails in 2015 Alone
By Jessica Hamilton, Chron
20 November 15
More
than 550 people in Texas have died so far this year while in custody either at
the city, county or state level, according to data from the state attorney general's office.
While
more than half of those people died while under supervision of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice, other deaths occurred with local police
departments or sheriff's offices. TDCJ oversees many medical facilities.
For
example, of the 18 deaths in Dallas this year, 12 people died while in custody
with Dallas Police Department, four died in Dallas County Sheriff's Department
custody, and two died while booked with the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
Dallas
is joined by cities such as Houston, Galveston, Richmond, San Antonio,
Dickinson and Lubbock in leading the state with most custodial deaths.
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