Kill List

ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—End It Once and for All

"Tinkering with the bureaucracy of this extrajudicial killing program will only entrench American abuses," said the group's national security expert.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer · Mar 5, 2021

About to Have His Day in Court, This American Journalist Wants to Know If He's on the US 'Kill List'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer · Nov 13, 2020

Droning the World: The Assassination Complex From Bush to Obama to Trump

Allegra Harpootlian · Jan 13, 2020

The Assassin's Creed in the Age of Endless War and Trump

Robert Edwards · Jan 10, 2020

Soleimani Strike Marks a Novel Shift in Targeted Killing, Dangerous to the Global Order

Anthony Dworkin · Jan 7, 2020

Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. Sadly, We Can Thank Obama for That.

As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it's clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.

Maha Hilal · Oct 18, 2017

New Project Highlights 'Brutality' of Trump's Overseas Assassination Campaign

Alongside a new report, the human rights organization Reprieve launched 'Death by Data' campaign to highlight "unreliable, circumstantial, and often inaccurate" metadata used to compile government kill lists

Jake Johnson, staff writer · Sep 8, 2017

Journalists Sue Trump Over Inclusion on 'Kill List'

'It is an affront to U.S. values that journalists are living in fear of being killed by U.S. drones, simply for doing their jobs'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer · Mar 31, 2017

Trump is Considering Expanding Killing Powers Abroad. The Consequences for Civilians Will be Disastrous.

Hina Shamsi · Mar 16, 2017

Fighting to Bring the Drone Program Into the Light

Anna Diakun · Oct 26, 2016

If US Victims of Terror Can Sue Saudi Arabia, Can Victims of American Terrorism Sue the US?

The 9/11 bill's passage - and the rejection of another to halt arms sales to Saudi - should raise questions about what is really motivating politicians

Mobashra Tazamal · Oct 4, 2016

9/11 Saudi Arabia Bill Opens US to Avalanche of Lawsuits

Stephen Kinzer · Sep 13, 2016

War to 'Stop' War: Why the Obama Doctrine is Ravaging the Middle East

On 'Operation Odyssey Lightning' in Libya and beyond  

Ramzy Baroud · Aug 17, 2016

America’s Journalistic Hypocrites

The U.S. news media flip-flops on whether international law is inviolate or can be brushed aside at America’s whim – and similarly whether killing civilians is justified or not depending on who’s doing the killing

Robert Parry · Aug 16, 2016

Details Abound in Drone ‘Playbook’ — Except for the Ones That Really Matter Most

Brett Max Kaufman · Aug 9, 2016