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Former Drone Operators Say Paris Attacks Shouldn’t Justify More Strikes

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

From left: Stephen Lewis, Cian Westmoreland, Michael Hass, and Brandon Bryant. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)

With the U.S. “reasonably certain” that a drone strike killed the much reviled Jihadi John and a wave of recent attacks boosting our worst fears about ISIS, the timing isn’t exactly great for a documentary that questions the wisdom of targeted killings. But two former drone operators who appear in Tonje Hessen Schei’s Drone are sticking to their guns.

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Scahill, Greenwald, and Poitras On Obama, ISIS and New Snowden Doc CITIZENFOUR

Scahill, Pointras and Greenwald. (Photos: Sam Blum)

Scahill, Poitras and Greenwald. (Photos: Sam Blum)

We don’t often see Pulitzer-winning cavaliers of press freedom infiltrate the depths of Bushwick, but last night the infamous trio behind The Intercept — Jeremy Scahill, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald — were at Mayday space to promote the paperback edition of Scahill’s New York Times bestseller, Dirty Wars.
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