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June 3, 2010

US Altered Military Rules to Protect Drone Operators
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The New York Times revealed last week the Obama administration modified
rules on military commissions to protect drone operators from facing
allegations of war crimes. The old rules defined "murder in violation of
the laws of war" as killings by those who don’t meet "the requirements
for lawful combatancy." That definition could have implicated CIA drone
operators, who aren’t members of the military.



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