How the NSA Helps the US Assassinate (Greenwald / Scahill)

[sabrina 1]

296. Are you aware that WE DUers, read those articles back then and many more?

and there was so much outrage, that the story DIED in the MSM. Jeremy Schahill's book was the END RESULT of YEARS of investigative journalism.

You must not have been around when the drone killings were first hinted at, but I was.

And fyi, the NYT was not the first to alert the world to the fact that drones were being used to kill innocent people. British Journalists who were actually PRESENT during a drone strike wrote about the HORROR of what they saw.

And throughout all those years, the US Govt remained silent. While some, a very few, reporters were trying to get more information, the US Govt refused to 'discuss it because of, 'guess what', National Security.

Moreover the rare times when it was discussed, the US Govt ASSURED the public that they would never, ever, ever kill an American Citizen without charges and trial.

And then, suddenly out of the blue, they were doing it. And for the first few years of this administration whenever reporters asked about the Drone program, WH spokespeople claimed they could not address the isssue because of, yes once again that same old excuse, National Security.

It's clear to me you are not at all familiar with the history of this issue. YES we knew about drones, THANKS TO INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, NOT to transparency by the US Government.

No one SAID we didn't know about it, what has been a fact is that the US Govt has refused to reveal details about it until it was too difficult to do so anymore.

I can link you to several articles going back to 2001. What that has to have to do what the US Govt trying desperately to keep it all secret??

The fact that people knew about them, was no thanks to the US Govt, but thanks to some great journalists, some risking their lives to try to get information on this horrific program. And to the victims who were witnesses to the horrific devastation wrought on innocent people.