Northern Ireland police have a new eye in the sky just in time for the G-8 summit of world leaders. A unit of surveillance drones will be used here for the first time to keep tabs on protest marches and scan the countryside for terrorist threats. Full story
For the last several years, the White House has had what it calls a "disposition matrix" — a methodical, legally vetted procedure for tracking and capturing or killing suspected terrorists. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, admitted mistakes on Monday in his handling of a botched deal for reconnaissance drones but said these shortcomings were no reason to resign. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni security forces shot and killed at least two people from a restive Shi'ite group and wounded 30 others on Sunday when they opened fire on demonstrators protesting against a security branch accused of abuses, the group said. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - German opposition figures have stepped up pressure on the defense minister, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, to resign after accusing him of making misleading statements over a scrapped contract for reconnaissance drones. Full story
Just days after taking power, Pakistan's new government summoned a top U.S. envoy Saturday to lodge a protest over a U.S. drone strike, suggesting that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's team fully intends to make good on its promise to aggressively push for an end to such strikes. Full story
Shahzad Akbar, a lawyer for Pakistani drone victims, explains that he expects the new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to "act" against U.S. drone strikes.
Rachel Maddow notes the unusual number of stories in the news media that can cite a leak as the source and wonders what explains the apparent recent spate of leak-driven news.
NBC News' Richard Engel joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest report that the CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing with drone strikes in Pakistan.
Top Talkers: The CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing in drone strikes in Pakistan over a 14-month period, an NBC News review of classified intelligence reports shows. NBC News' Richard Engel reports.
For nearly six years, senior airman Brandon Bryant operated the camera on drones over Iraq and Afghanistan. He tells NBC’s Richard Engel about watching one of the first of more than 1,600 victims bleed to death.
A man waits to get into the building where Qinetiq, a drones manufacturer is based, while police stand outside during a protest by anti-G8 demonstrators in central London, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)
A U.S. Predator drone flies over the moon above Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January.
Brandon Bryant stands with a Predator drone in Nevada.
U.S. Air Force drone operator Brandon Bryant, who says he participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people.
