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Tag Archives: playbook
The White House’s counterterrorism “playbook” is near completion
Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, and Karen DeYoung report on the White House’s institutionalization of targeted killings and other counterterrorism tactics. John Brennan, the future CIA director, was a pivotal figure in centralizing the diverse “disposition” techniques across the Pentagon, CIA, and State Department … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Law and Lawfare, White House Politics
Tagged CIA, Drones, Obama, playbook, U.S., White House
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The Playbook and the Lethal Bureaucrat: John Brennan and the creation of a ‘Permanent War’
In the second of their reports on the Obama administrations institutionalization of targeted killings across the planet, The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung profiles John Brennan, Obama’s highly influential counterterrorism czar. She writes that Brennan’s ‘just war’ legacy will far outlast his time in the White … Continue reading
Posted in White House Politics
Tagged Brennan, CIA, Counter-terrorism, disposition matrix, Drone, military, Obama, playbook, secrecy, targeted killings, U.S., UAV, White House
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