Military officers feared drone manhunting would repeat the Vietnam Phoenix Program’s murder and torture

Evidence

If the position adopted by Anderson is instructive, that is because it reveals not only the legal fragility of this policy but also the growing disquiet assailing some of its agents. “The middle officials of the CIA in my estimation have doubts about that now—they see the whole activity moving the way that detention and interrogation did after 9/11,” writes Anderson. “The advocacy folks would like to make Predator drone attacks as legally uncertain as detention and interrogation—and indications, at least in my experience, are that it does not take much uncertainty about what the future might hold in the way of [Eric] Holder-style announcements, the possibility of indictments or arrests in Spain or other jurisdictions, and all that stretching into a long and unknown future, to induce changes in behavior by US personnel.” — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 554 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Officers feared manhunting doctrine would echo Vietnam’s Phoenix Program.; CIA officials fear drone killings may face prosecution like interrogation abuses — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 554

Related

• CIA officials fear drone killings may face prosecution like interrogation abuses (similarity 0.92)
• Officers feared manhunting doctrine would echo Vietnam’s Phoenix Program. (similarity 0.90)

Broader Connections

• CIA officials fear drone killings may face prosecution like interrogation abuses #corroborates (0.70) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 554