georgephillip
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- Dec 27, 2009
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"A Pakistani campaigner who sued the CIA after his brother and son were killed in a drone strike, has been detained by armed men just days before he was due to travel to Britain to talk to MPs about the controversial programme.
"Kareem Khan, who launched his legal action in 2010, has not been seen since up to 20 armed men stormed into his home in Rawalpindi on the night of 4 February.
"His family said the men, some of whom wore the uniform of the Punjab Police, said nothing about who they were or why Mr Khan was being detained."
Anti-drone activist Kareem Khan seized by armed men in Pakistan - Asia - World - The Independent
Mr Khan's brother and son were both government employees at the time of their murder.
Local media reported at the time the object of the strike was Haj Omar, a Taliban commander who was not in the family home at the time of the strike.
One possible explanation for the confusion is provided by Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill at their new site The Intercept
"The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes an unreliable tactic that results in the deaths of innocent or unidentified people.
"According to a former drone operator for the militarys Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) who also worked with the NSA, the agency often identifies targets based on controversial metadata analysis and cell-phone tracking technologies.
"Rather than confirming a targets identity with operatives or informants on the ground, the CIA or the U.S. military then orders a strike based on the activity and location of the mobile phone a person is believed to be using."
Are you willing to bet the lives of your brothers and sons this same level of terrorism won't come home to roost in the US?
"Kareem Khan, who launched his legal action in 2010, has not been seen since up to 20 armed men stormed into his home in Rawalpindi on the night of 4 February.
"His family said the men, some of whom wore the uniform of the Punjab Police, said nothing about who they were or why Mr Khan was being detained."
Anti-drone activist Kareem Khan seized by armed men in Pakistan - Asia - World - The Independent
Mr Khan's brother and son were both government employees at the time of their murder.
Local media reported at the time the object of the strike was Haj Omar, a Taliban commander who was not in the family home at the time of the strike.
One possible explanation for the confusion is provided by Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill at their new site The Intercept
"The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes an unreliable tactic that results in the deaths of innocent or unidentified people.
"According to a former drone operator for the militarys Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) who also worked with the NSA, the agency often identifies targets based on controversial metadata analysis and cell-phone tracking technologies.
"Rather than confirming a targets identity with operatives or informants on the ground, the CIA or the U.S. military then orders a strike based on the activity and location of the mobile phone a person is believed to be using."
Are you willing to bet the lives of your brothers and sons this same level of terrorism won't come home to roost in the US?