US Attn General Eric Holder on The US Killer Drone Policy

He entered the auditorium to a standing ovation and left to perfunctory applause. The planned Q and A session was cancelled.
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From the videos, drones look harmless. They aren't. The primary use of drones today is to find, identify, and kill targets. You could even make the case that this is the raison d'etre of drones.

Because drones kill so well -- at what the government deems an acceptable level of precision (currently 60% hit the target w/o much collateral damage) and at a low cost (both economically and politically) -- they are driving US security policy into new, dangerous territory.

In a larger sense, drones are also changing the entire landscape of warfare and modern conflict, which is of interest to this writer/theorist. So, even though I'm not a lawyer, I'm going to give coverage of this policy shift a go.

What is this new killer drone policy? The Administration's Attorney General, Eric Holder, made a speech at the Northwestern School of Law on March 5, 2011 that lays out the US case for targeted killings (aka: The US Killer Drone Policy).

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