#WikiLeaks [18 Dec 2014]: #CIA Review of High-Value Target - TopicsExpress



          

#WikiLeaks [18 Dec 2014]: #CIA Review of High-Value Target Assassination Programs - https://wikileaks.org/cia-hvt-counterinsurgency/press-release.html . WikiLeaks publishes a review by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of its High Value Target (#HVT) assassination programme. The report weighs the pros and cons of killing insurgent leaders in assassination plots. After the report was prepared, US #drone strike killings rose to an all-time high. - The report discusses assassination operations (by various states) against the Taliban, al-Qaida, the FARC, Hizbullah, the PLO, HAMAS, Perus Shining Path, the Tamils LTTE, the IRA and Algerias FLN. Case studies are drawn from Chechnya, Libya, Pakistan and Thailand. - The assessment was prepared by the CIAs Office of Transnational Issues (#OTI).
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:28:10 +0000

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