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81. “Fiery American-Born Qaeda Militant.”

82. Scott Shane, “Judging a Long Reach,” New York Times , September 30, 2011.

83. Tim Funk, “Family of Al Qaeda Blogger Samir Khan ‘Appalled’ by US Actions,” McClatchey , October 6, 2011, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/06/v-print/126352/family-of-al-qaida-blogger-samir.html.

84. Sholto Byrnes, “It Was Wrong for the US to Kill Al Awlaki,” National , October 8, 2011.

85. Carrie Dann and Casey Hunt, “With Bi-Partisan Aid, Paul Filibusters CIA Pick Brennan,” NBC News, March 6, 2013, http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17210879-with-bipartisan-aid-paul-filibusters-cia-pick-brennan.

86. Alexandra Petri, “Keep Talking Rand Paul, the Kentucky Senator’s Blizzard Filibuster,” ComPost (blog), Washington Post , March 6, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/03/06/keep-talking-rand-paul-the-kentucky-senators-blizzard-filibuster/.

87. Alec MacGillis, “Rand Paul Has a Point: The Time Has Come to Talk about Drone Strikes on US Soil,” New Republic , March 6, 2013, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112604/rand-paul-drone-filibuster-senator-has-point#.

88. Kate Nocera, “Rand Paul Filibsuter Blasted by John McCain, Lindsey Graham.” Politico , March 7, 2013, http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/john-mccain-lindsey-graham-blast-rand-paul-filibuster-88564.html.

89. Richard Stevenson, “A Senator’s Stance on Drones Scrambles Partisan Lines,” New York Times , March 7, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/us/politics/mccain-and-graham-assail-paul-filibuster-over-drones.html.

90. Anthony Gregory, “Obama, the Ground Breaking President?” Huffington Post , October 7, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-gregory/obama-al-awlaki_b_998546.html.

91. David Cole, “Killing Our Citizens without Trial,” New York Review of Books , November 24, 2011.

92. Byrnes, “It Was Wrong.”

93. “Americans Say Government Was Right to Eliminate Islamist Militant,” Angus-Reid.com, October 11, 2011, http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/44084/americans-say-government-was-right-to-eliminate-islamist-militant/.

94. Eric Holder, “Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Northwestern University School of Law” (speech, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2012), http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/ag/speeches/2012/ag-speech-1203051.html.

95. Ibid.

96. Tom Curry, “Holder Defends Targeted Killing Policy, Hints at Memo Release,” NBC Politics (blog), NBC News, March 6, 2013, http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17212054-holder-defends-targeted-killings-policy-hints-at-memo-release.

97. Bill Roggio, “AQAP Claims Media Emir Is Still Alive,” Threat Matrix (blog), Long War Journal , October 29, 2011, http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/10/aqap_claims_media_emir_is_aliv.php.

98. Peter Finn and Greg Miller, “Anwar Awlaki’s Family Speaks Out against His Son’s Death in a Drone Strike,” Washington Post , October 17, 2011.

99. Ken Dilanian, “Awlaki’s Son, 16, Killed by Drone,” Sydney Morning Herald , October 21, 2011.

100. Bill Roggio, “Anwar al Awlaki’s Son Hoped to ‘Attain Martyrdom as My Father Attained It,’” Long War Journal , December 8, 2011, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/12/anwar_al_awlakis_son.php.

101. Jo Becker and Scott Shane, “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will,” New York Times , May 29, 2012.

102. “Intelligence on Purported Europe Terror Plot Called ‘Credible,’” NBC News, September 30, 2010, http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39413455/ns/world_news-europe/#.URqVb2ckf5Q.

103. Tristina Moore, “Terrorism Alert Focuses Spotlight on Germany,” Time , October 12, 2010.

104. Troy McMullen and Anna Schecter, “German Terror Connection Grows: 45 More Suspects Being Tracked,” ABC News, October 7, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ahmed-siddiqui-german-terror-connection/story?id=11760048.

105. Richard Norton Taylor, “‘Mumbai-Style’ Terror Attack on UK, France and Germany Foiled,” Guardian , September 29, 2010.

106. “Drone Killed British Taliban Plotter Reports Say,” Guardian , October 6, 2010.

107. “British Man Set to Lead British Terror ‘Army’ Killed in Pakistan Drone Strike against Militants,” Daily Mail , October 6, 2010.

108. “Pakistan Drone Attack Kills Germans in Response to Europe Terror Plot,” Christian Science Monitor , October 5, 2010.

109. “Drone Attack Kills Two Britons in Pakistan,” BBC News, December 16, 2010, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12006061.

110. Pam Benson et al., “Intelligence, Potential Plots Are Factors in Drone Attack Increase,” CNN, September 28, 2010.

111. John Reed, “RQ-170 Stealth Drone Used in Bin Laden Raid,” Defense Tech , May 18, 2011, http://defensetech.org/2011/05/18/rq-170-sentinel-stealth-drone-used-in-bin-laden-raid/.

112. Greg Miller, “CIA Flew Stealth Drones into Pakistan to Monitor Bin Laden House,” Washington Post , May 17, 2010.

113. Gloria Borger, “Attack on Osama Bin Laden Was Years in the Making,” CNN, May 4, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/02/borger.ksm.bin.laden/index.html.

114. For an in depth account of the raid see Williams, Afghanistan Declassified .

115. David Sanger and Eric Schmitt, “As Rift Deepens, Kerry Has a Warning for Pakistan,” New York Times , May 14, 2011.

116. Christina Lamb, “Killing of Al Qaeda Leaders Hurting,” Australian , September 19, 2011.

117. Sanger and Schmitt, “As Rift Deepens.”

118. Singer, “Do Drones Undermine Democracy?”

119. John Pike quoted in Sam Biddle, “Drones Mean the Iraq War Is Never Over,” Gizmodo , October 21, 2011, http://gizmodo.com/5852228/drones-mean-the-iraq-war-is-never-over.

120. “US Drones Bombed Libya More than Pakistan,” RT , October 20, 2011, http://rt.com/usa/news/us-libya-pakistan-drone-325/.

121. Spencer Ackerman, “Libya: The Real US Drone War,” Danger Room (blog), Wired , October 20, 2011, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/predator-libya/.

122. Thomas Harding, “Colonel Gaddafi Killed: Convoy Bombed by Drone Flown by Pilot in Las Vegas,” Telegraph , October 20, 2011.

123. Kristina Wong, “US Drone a Tech Challenge for Iran,” Washington Times , January 12, 2012.

124. Scott Peterson, “Iran Hacked US Drone Says Iranian Engineer,” Christian Science Monitor , December 15, 2011.

125. Mark Clayton, “Did Iran Hijack the ‘Beast’? US Experts Cautious about Bold Claims,” Christian Science Monitor , December 16, 2011.

126. Martha Raddatz and Luis Martinez, “Is US Drone Shown on Iran TV Real?” ABC News, December 8, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-rq-170-sentinel-stealth-drone-shown-iran/story?id=15115781.

127. Scott Shane and David Sanger, “Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret US Drone Effort,” New York Times , December 7, 2011.

128. Some claimed that the drone shown on Iranian television was a fake, but this has not been ascertained.

129. “Iran Airs Footage of Downed US Drone,” Press TV , December 8, 2011.

130. Lee Ferran, “Obama: Hey Iran, Can We Get Our Drone Back?” ABC News, December 12, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-asks-iran-rq-170-sentinel-drone-back/story?id=15140133.

131. Dave Majumdar, “Iran’s Captured RQ 170. How Bad Is the Damage?” Air Force Times , December 9, 2011; “Iran Displays RQ 170 Sentinel,” Global Military Review , December 2011.