[NEWS] Isikoff and Hosenball: Drone Use Only On The Rise

Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball report:

[T]here is no indication that the Bush administration intends to scale back the raids. In fact, from all indications, they are increasing dramatically. In addition, the drones are being used against a far broader range of targets. "Originally, this was a 'high-value target' technique," said John Pike, director of Global Security, a think tank that tracks the war on terror. "Now it's business as usual." [...]

Two days after his election, Obama began receiving regular intelligence briefings by a team of officers from the CIA and the intelligence czar's office, but it is unclear how much detail about current U.S. operations against targets inside Pakistan has been discussed.