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Over the weekend, the UK-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Sunday Times of London published a revealing that under the Obama Administration, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have repeatedly killed civilians who were attempting to rescue victims of previous drone strikes or were attending funerals of those killed. The investigation found that at least 50 civilians have been killed by follow-up drone strikes while trying to assist victims, and more than 20 civilians were killed in deliberate attacks on funerals. in other CIA drone strikes in Pakistan.

The report is one of several efforts to shed light on the government鈥檚 use of drones and other means to carry out targeted killings. The 老澳门开奖结果 is pursuing two ongoing FOIA lawsuits about targeted killing and drones in an effort to compel release of additional information.

Chris Woods, who led the investigation for TBIJ, appeared on yesterday to discuss the report. You can see the interview here:

The report again raises of the government鈥檚 targeted killing program, which has reached far beyond any active battlefield. Killing civilians, including rescuers and mourners, raises profoundly important questions about the legality, utility, and morality of the program. It also highlights the continuing problems with the lack of oversight of the supposedly secret CIA drone strikes.

Although the CIA drone strikes in Pakistan are widely discussed in the press and were acknowledged by President Obama in a in January, the CIA continues to baldly claim that even the very existence of a targeted killing program is secret. Despite well-documented reports of mounting civilian casualties from drone strikes, the government has claimed that (and even, falsely, that there have been zero civilian deaths). As if these misdirects aren鈥檛 bad enough, the an unnamed 鈥渟enior American counterterrorism official鈥� accusing those who question the program of wanting 鈥渘othing more than to malign [counterterrorism] efforts and help Al Qaeda succeed.鈥�

TBIJ鈥檚 Chris Woods rightly called that comment 鈥渄isgraceful.鈥� Efforts to shed light on the targeted killing program are to ensuring that the government鈥檚 counterterrorism efforts operate within the law and under the light of public scrutiny. As the revelation that the government has been targeting civilian rescuers and mourners demonstrates, much is at stake.