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US: Citizens Remain in the Dark About Drone War Doctrine

US drone strikes have killed an estimated total of 2,600 to 4,700 people over the last decade, but little is known about the “signature strikes” that targets not known militants but people showing patterns of suspicious behaviour

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US: Drone Strikes Test Legal Grounds for War on Terror

The US was with al-Qaeda is entering a new phase, with the President citing authorisation to target both terrorists and their associates from Congress’ Authorisation of Military Force joint resolution in 2001.

US & Canada

US: Bush Administration’s Waterboarding Claims Challenged

The Bush administration long claimed to have only waterboarded a hanful ofterror suspects, but new information has come to light form Human Rights Watch that appears to show these claims to be false

Beyond Barclays: Laying out the Libor Investigations

Last week, the British bank Barclays was slapped with $450 million in fines and penalties for manipulating information used to set a critical interest rate. Here’s a little background on the scandal.