NPR: targeted killing https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=171473068 targeted killing en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:18:34 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: targeted killing https://www.npr.org/tags/171473068/targeted-killing Death By Drone: The Moral Way To Go? Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour filibuster has renewed the nation's debate over the use of drones and targeted killing. Commentator Tania Lombrozo says findings from moral psychology should give us pause to think and reflect when we consider the use of armed drones by our government. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/03/17/174558797/filibusters-can-t-stop-human-psychology https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/03/17/174558797/filibusters-can-t-stop-human-psychology

Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour filibuster has renewed the nation's debate over the use of drones and targeted killing. Commentator Tania Lombrozo says findings from moral psychology should give us pause to think and reflect when we consider the use of armed drones by our government.

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]]> Tania Lombrozo From Desmond Tutu, A Scathing Rebuke Of U.S. Drone Program Cape Town's archbishop emeritus compared the government's targeted killing program to apartheid, saying the program "threatens to undermine your moral standards and your humanity." Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:11:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/13/171907391/from-desmond-tutu-a-scathing-rebuke-of-u-s-drone-program https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/13/171907391/from-desmond-tutu-a-scathing-rebuke-of-u-s-drone-program

Cape Town's archbishop emeritus compared the government's targeted killing program to apartheid, saying the program "threatens to undermine your moral standards and your humanity."

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]]> Eyder Peralta Sen. Feinstein Says Intelligence Committee Reviews Drone Attacks Dianne Feinstein said the reviews happen after the strikes take place. All those actions, however, take place in closed sessions, far away from the public. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:40:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/13/171904178/sen-feinstein-says-intelligence-committee-reviews-drone-attacks https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/13/171904178/sen-feinstein-says-intelligence-committee-reviews-drone-attacks Dianne Feinstein said the reviews happen after the strikes take place. All those actions, however, take place in closed sessions, far away from the public.

]]> Carrie Johnson Death By Drone, And The Sliding Scale Of Presidential Power The controversy over President Obama's targeted-killings-by-drone policy is a reminder that the default position of presidents in times of crisis is to side with national security over civil liberties. That instinct has been true throughout history, and has been acted on by liberal presidents and core conservatives. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:18:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/02/08/171467519/death-by-drone-and-the-sliding-scale-of-presidential-power https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/02/08/171467519/death-by-drone-and-the-sliding-scale-of-presidential-power

The controversy over President Obama's targeted-killings-by-drone policy is a reminder that the default position of presidents in times of crisis is to side with national security over civil liberties. That instinct has been true throughout history, and has been acted on by liberal presidents and core conservatives.

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