As regular JS readers know, I’ve published several posts here on the costs-to the public, and to the government-of one prominent aspect of the U.S.’s use of so-called “covert action,” namely, the practice of not officially acknowledging, or discussing, the U.S.’s use of force overseas. (Here’s one such post.) Rachel Stohl has written a recent post to similar effect, focusing on the ways in which covertness distorts public debate about U.S. drone policies.
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