Cenk Uygur
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Confirmed: American Citizens Killed By U.S. Drones
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May 23, 2013
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4:57Now Playing"On Wednesday, the Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time that four Americans were killed in drone strikes since 2009 as part of U.S. counterterrorism activities surrounding al Qaeda . Of the four, only one of them, Anwar al-Awlaki, was targeted, according to Attorney General Eric Holder in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy. The following are descriptions of the four men killed in drone operations."*
For the first time, the Obama administration has acknowledged that the U.S. killed 4 of its own citizens in drone attacks. Three were admitted accidental deaths. Does this prove that the government doesn't know who they're killing? That drone strikes aren't as effective, but are much more dangerous than they've been presented as? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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