Drones, My Lai, and Prosecuting the Powerful

"In April of this year, President Obama approved the CIA’s request to begin launching targeted assassinations in Yemen through drone strikes even when the identities of those being targeted is not know. The US government calls these 'signature strikes,' and they are being deployed constantly in both Yemen and Pakistan. Drone operators thousands of miles away view people on the ground through a grainy video feed and identify 'suspicious behavior.' And on that basis, the people are bombed."