— Naureen Shah, director of Amnesty International USA's Security & Human RightsThe document provides a window into the shadowy drone program. The Obama administration released a redacted version of its “playbook” for the lethal U.S. drone program, a booklet of presidential guidelines that sets legal standards for deciding who to kill, where and under what circumstances. william.hennigan@latimes.comTwitter: @wjhennALSOWhite House to finally reveal civilian deaths from U.S. drone attacksU.S. military says it has killed more than 120 Islamic State leaders It was an unprecedented admission, though human rights and monitoring groups estimate the number of civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes is much higher, from 200 to more than 1,000. At least eight Americans have been killed by drone attacks, but only one — Anwar Awlaki, an Al Qaeda leader in Yemen — was specifically targeted.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 06, 2016 20:12 UTC