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'Are We Doing The Right Thing?' Utilising Security Governance To Reform The Us Drone Program, Jane Minson
'Are We Doing The Right Thing?' Utilising Security Governance To Reform The Us Drone Program, Jane Minson
Theses
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, for counterterrorism purposes by the United States within its targeted killing program has been deeply controversial. Used in each presidential administration since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drones have sparked debate, in part due to their contribution to civilian deaths; their killing of high-value terrorist targets including, on at least one occasion, a US citizen; and the heightened secrecy that has surrounded the program with little formal oversight and, as such, little accountability. This thesis uses this contextual framework – with a particular focus on the administration of President Barack …