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The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News. They called it the drone papers, but in the documents they provided, drones are actually only a small part of the operations that they uncovered.

In Djibouti, there were more manned aircraft than drones. U.S. drones fly slowly across the skies above nations around the world, looking for warning signs or searching for targets and sometimes firing hellfire missiles.

It's a tactic that's been in place for years now, but how effective is it if

militants can still strike in the heart of Paris. On this week's war college, we'll

explore what we know about the program and how well it works.

You're listening to War College, a weekly discussion of a world in conflict focusing on the

stories behind the front lines.

Here's your host, Jason Fields.

Hello and welcome to War College.

I'm Reuters opinion editor Jason Fields.

And I'm Matthew Galt with War is Boring.

Today we're speaking with Joseph Trevithic of War is Boring about drones and targeted killing.

As of this recording, two really interesting leaks

had occurred, both involving CIA Director John Brennan. The first less

interesting one is that a teenager hacked his old AOL account and leaked some draft copies of stuff that really accomplished little other than confirming some things we already knew about torture and

doxing his relatives. The other more interesting thing is that the intercept

acquired from a source within America's intelligence apparatus.

A lot of documents about drones and how America's drone war works.

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