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April 7, 2013

World

A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood

The origin story of the C.I.A.’s covert drone war, which began with the 2004 killing of a Pashtun militant, the result of a secret deal for access to Pakistani airspace.

Mark Mazzetti New York Times Apr 2013 Permalink