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The officially secret drone war, carried out in some of the world’s most dangerous regions, is extremely challenging to report on. Several thousand people have been killed in hundreds of U.S. drone strikes and other attacks carried out beyond the battlefield in Afghanistan, but from legal memos to casualty estimates, the government has made little hard data about the wars public. (ProPublica has been covering the lack of transparency about the drone program.)
Last week, Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times wrote about the first strike in Pakistan in 2004, which marked a deal with Pakistan and set the stage for the next decade of covert war. We invited him and a few other journalists who have covered the drone war where it’s actually happening to share their experiences with readers.
What’s the view from the ground in Yemen or Pakistan? What’s missing from the U.S. conversation? What’s it like to operate in an arena of such secrecy?
This Friday, at 1 PM EST, ProPublica’s Cora Currier (@coracurrier) will moderate a live chat with:
- Mark Mazzetti (@MarkMazzettiNYT) who has just published a book, “The Way of the Knife,” on the CIA’s shadow wars.
- Adam Baron (@adammbaron) who is based in Yemen and has covered the after-effects of drone strikes McClatchy, the Christian-Science Monitor and others
- Rasool Dawar (@RasoolDawar), who reports for the AP in Pakistan
Tweet your questions for the reporters with the hashtag #DroneChat or leave them in the comment section below.
