38 Protesters Face Charges For Disrupting US Military Base Used in Overseas Drone Attacks

The Wall Street Journal is reporting the CIA has made a series of secret concessions in its drone campaign after military and diplomatic officials complained large strikes were damaging the fragile U.S. relationship with Pakistan. Meanwhile, a trial is underway in Syracuse, New York, of 38 protesters arrested in April at the New York Air National Guard base at Hancock Field. The defendants were protesting the MQ-9 Reaper drones, which the 174th Fighter Wing of the Guard has remotely flown over Afghanistan from Syracuse since late 2009.

I never knew anything about this. How do members feel about this. Is this serious or will these cases be thrown out of court. What makes it a lot more serious a Former US Attorney General testified for over four hours over the use of the Drones which in his opinion is a violation of US and International Law.



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good info site here on obamas covert drone war: attack of the drones www.thebureauinvestigates.com...

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Link Fixed.

I do Apologies.

Wow, This is the first time ive heard anything about this. Wonder what kind of trouble they will get in, if any. How do they disrupt a US military base, stand in front of a drone taking off, or point laser beams at the drones optics, so it cant see. Interesting

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So did they just march onto a military base? They could have been shot....those people had balls.