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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:03 AM Nov 2012

Any chance the CIA's killer drone hits will decrease?

Since Petraus wanted even more killer drones in Oct.

Salon article.






The CIA has asked the White House for a significant expansion in its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles. If approved, the agency could add as many as 10 drones to an inventory of between 30 and 35 already amassed. The Washington Post reported Thursday:

The proposal by CIA Director David H. Petraeus would bolster the agency’s ability to sustain its campaigns of lethal strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and enable it, if directed, to shift aircraft to emerging al-Qaeda threats in North Africa or other trouble spots, officials said.



http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/cia_wants_more_drones/


Me?....... I think the CIA does as it pleases behind it super secret doors.

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