Drone: Inside the CIA's Secret Drone War

In 2001, the White House concluded that it was legal to use armed drones to kill senior al-Qaeda leaders. Within weeks of the 9/11 attacks, then-US President George W Bush signed off on an order which authorised the Central Intelligency Agency (CIA) to capture and kill al-Qaeda operatives. For some, drones are the greatest weapon ever to be developed by the CIA; for others, they present a constant, deadly and terrifying threat. I thought it was the coolest damn thing in the world. I was like'Oh man, I get to play a video game all day!'