The ACLU is filing a freedom of information lawsuit pertaining to the government’s targeted killings using drones. Thousands of suspected terrorists have been killed in several countries, but the public knows little about the program, how strikes are actually approved, their effectiveness including whether civilians are killed or injured and how citizens in the targeted countries view the U.S. (American Civil Liberties Union, March 16, 2015, by Matthew Spurlock)
The ACLU lawsuit focuses on civilian casualties and procedures for selecting targets. In the ten years since the advent of the drone program, the U.S. has increasingly engaged in drone operations and despite numerous attempts by the ACLU, Congress and others has revealed little about the operations. (Courthouse News Service, March 16, 2015, by Adam Klasfeld)