The drone program grew out of the CIA Black Sites. Interrogate, torture, surveillance and attack.
The program is administered by The President because otherwise it would turn the CIA into an autonomous authority to carry out an act of war. Literally, a single CIA agent could carry out a mini-war alone.
It is questionable the real purpose of the drone program in connection with the CIA. It provides too much power to what should be exclusively an intelligence gathering arm of the USA government. The entire idea of Black Sites are wayward. They, along with the drone program, have the ability to put the USA into war without real authority to do so.
The drones may prove to help in Africa to find Rebel Groups and stop them, but, there is no real purpose beyond surveillance. The military has it's own ability to spy and always has. The military's intelligence gathering is manned by human beings.
The helicopters in the Bin Laden raid were throw away from the beginning. They had no real capacity except for the mission they were used for. The one surviving helicopter is probably a status symbol at some military base somewhere, but, has no real capacity. It is slower and has no real operational purpose.
The program is administered by The President because otherwise it would turn the CIA into an autonomous authority to carry out an act of war. Literally, a single CIA agent could carry out a mini-war alone.
It is questionable the real purpose of the drone program in connection with the CIA. It provides too much power to what should be exclusively an intelligence gathering arm of the USA government. The entire idea of Black Sites are wayward. They, along with the drone program, have the ability to put the USA into war without real authority to do so.
The drones may prove to help in Africa to find Rebel Groups and stop them, but, there is no real purpose beyond surveillance. The military has it's own ability to spy and always has. The military's intelligence gathering is manned by human beings.
The helicopters in the Bin Laden raid were throw away from the beginning. They had no real capacity except for the mission they were used for. The one surviving helicopter is probably a status symbol at some military base somewhere, but, has no real capacity. It is slower and has no real operational purpose.
