Obama Poised to Take Drones Out of CIA Hands - Pentagon to Take Over Targeted Killings

[sabrina 1]

2. And I thought we always had 'clear standards' for lethal operations. Which is why I kept

objecting to the slaughter of innocents by drone, or even those we are told are 'terrorists' without any 'clear standards' which could stand up under scrutiny. But whenever I and others tried to speak out against these rogue operations going around the world killing people in our name, I was told I was wrong.

But here, even the man, Brennan, who supported torture, has finally realized that the monster they unleashed is out of control:

The policy shift is part of a larger White House initiative known internally as “institutionalization,” an effort to set clear standards and procedures for lethal operations. More than a year in the works, the interagency process has been driven and led by John Brennan, who until he became CIA director earlier this month was Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser. Brennan, who has presided over the administration’s drone program from almost day one of Obama’s presidency, has grown uncomfortable with the ad hoc and sometimes shifting rules that have governed it. Moreover, Brennan has publicly stated that he would like to see the CIA move away from the kinds of paramilitary operations it began after the September 11 attacks, and return to its more traditional role of gathering and analyzing intelligence.

Why was an unelected organization like the CIA and we know that they use Blackwater criminals to do a lot of their dirty work, ever allowed to have this much power?

I hope there will be some thorough investigations and some justice for the victims of these murderous policies. Or will we just ignore the pleas of the victims again and move forward.