Can drones be properly constrained without taking all possible precautions to avoid civilian harm?
As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we're threatened, which is why I've prohibited torture, and worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained.
As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we're threatened, which is why I've...worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained.
Until now, films about drones haven't properly engaged in the debate.
Instead, the concern of the day was privacy, and the message was that the drones — or, more properly, unmanned aerial systems — raise new issues because they are small and unobtrusive and the technology they carry can be quite basic.
The discrepancy in the various figures highlights both the opaque nature of the American campaign and the failure of the Pakistani authorities to properly investigate drone strikes, said Mustafa Qadri, a researcher with Amnesty International.
We can't properly debate drone casualties without knowing the names of those killed.
But a subsequent Israeli military investigation determined that these tragic deaths were not deliberate but the result of an Israeli officer's failure to properly interpret a drone image.
Although drone journalism can't take off properly while commercial restrictions remain in place, Waite believes this is also a blessing in disguise.
Drone operators are also urged to properly secure any personally identifiable data they do collect, as you'd hope they would.
