On July 1, 2016, in a gesture at transparency, the Obama administration released a dubious report on its use of drone strikes in areas outside of active conflict (meaning areas not in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) between January 20, 2009 and December 31, 2015: 473 strikes that resulted in the deaths of 2372-2581 combatants, and 64-116 non-combatants. If one is to believe these figures, one might...

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