There Must Be Accountability for U.S. Drone Strikes

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, heralded as the leading authority for drone-strike casualty numbers by the recent report entitled Living Under Drones by Stanford and NYU researchers, reports 178 children have died in Yemen and Pakistan as a result of U.S. drone strikes. War Costs has produced a video and report on the topic. 

Please consider joining us in our appeal to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to reintroduce H. Res. 819,  which calls for more accountability and transparency for U.S. Drone policy.

Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi, 

H. Res. 819 calls for the release of the legal justification of U.S. drone strikes that have killed civilians in targeted areas, as numerous reports have detailed. 

Please reintroduce this bill to the House floor this month, as too much of U.S. government's drone policy is kept secret from Congress and the American people.

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  • Carley Corrado
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:03:24 -0800
  • Lyle Horn
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:02:46 -0800
  • Mack Gardner-Morse
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  • Cindie Tashima
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  • Joyce Anderson
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:02:30 -0800
  • Bart & Leah Bolger
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:02:27 -0800
    “There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” – Howard Zinn
  • William Fuller
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:40 -0800
    I understand that electronic petitions may not carry as much weight as telephone calls or personal letters. However, this one highlights a very worrisome and deadly initiative that our government has seen fit to undertake, and one which I protest most strongly. I urge you to take this petition very seriously.
  • Jerilyn Tabor
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:38 -0800
  • Emanuele Corso, PhD
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:37 -0800
  • Kristy Rawson
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:22 -0800
    I am appalled by President Obama’s lethal drone policy. We must demand this power be checked and stopped.
  • David Breen
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:20 -0800
    THE REALITY IS DRONES ARE A BUSINESS THAT IS VERY LUCRATIVE FOR THE MFG WHO TAKES THIS AGENDA TO CONGRESS AND PROMISES THEM A PART OF THE PROFITS IF THEY WILL VOTE IN THE BILL, OR PRESSURE THE PRESIDENT TO OK IT WITH OUT CONGRESSES APPROVAL. ALL FOR PROFITMATTERS NOT THAT DRONES KILL MORE INNOCENTS THEN GUILTY. WOULD WE OK THE POLICE TO SPRAY THE CROWD WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE KILLING THE MANY JUST TO KILL ONE OR TWO BANK ROBBERS!!! OUR NATION OF CARING GOOD PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE BAD RAP OF INSENSITIVE GREEDY WARMONGER FOR PROFIT BECAUSE A FEW HAVE THE ATTENTION OF OUR CONGRESS. THIS TYPE OF LOBBYING HAS TO STOP OR THE WORLD WILL BE AT WAR AGAINST US.
  • Donald Barrett
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:01:10 -0800
  • polla Milligan
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:00:51 -0800
  • Lee Beffort
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:00:48 -0800
    STOP KILLING CHILDREN TO PUT MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF CONGRESS MEMBERS!
  • Cara Clark
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:00:34 -0800
  • Muhammad Bjaw
    signed via 2012-12-03 11:00:29 -0800
  • Elinor Burnside
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  • n bullock
    signed via 2012-12-03 10:59:19 -0800
    kindly…
  • Naheed Flake
    signed via 2012-12-03 10:59:14 -0800
  • Joseph Maizlish
    signed via 2012-12-03 10:59:04 -0800
    The stated policy of fighting what’s officially called “terrorism” by using violence instead of by analyzing the grievances of foreign peoples against U.S. government behavior and correcting what we find unjust will constantly breed atrocities. Fix the policies as well as stop using the weapons systems.
  • Eric Conrad
    signed via 2012-12-03 10:58:32 -0800
    No more children or innocent citizens killed because of drone stikes!
  • Jacquelin Pels
    signed via 2012-12-03 10:58:25 -0800
  • Connie Morton-Ewbank
    signed 2012-12-03 10:58:07 -0800

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