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Disposition Matrix

The Disposition Matrix, informally known as a kill list, is a database of information for tracking, capturing, rendering, or killing suspects deemed to be enemies of the United States Government. Developed by the Obama administration beginning in 2010, it goes beyond existing kill lists and is intended to become a permanent fixture of U.S. policy. The…

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Disposition Matrix

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples58
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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Disposition Matrix

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related to Scope · 18
Disposition Matrix → About, Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, As, Called Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Djibouti City, Egypt, French Foreign Legion, Iran, It, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Somalia, The Disposition Matrix, Yemen
related to Purpose · 17
Disposition Matrix → According, Brennan, Brennan's, Bush, CIA, CIA's, Daniel Benjamin, Former Obama, George, George Tenet, John, National Intelligence, President Barack Obama, The, The New York Times, Under, White House
related to Criticism · 14
Disposition Matrix → ACLU, Americans, Brennan, CIA, Former, Giraldi, Glenn Greenwald, Greenwald, It, NCTC, Philip Giraldi, The American Civil Liberties, Union, White House
related to Endorsement · 9
Disposition Matrix → Anwar, April, Awlaki, Brennan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President Obama's, Referring, The Washington Post

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drone database killing kill matrix brennan cia disposition obama administration united counterterrorism stated process targeted suspects states lists national nctc

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismThe American Civil Liberties0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismUnion0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismACLU0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismIt0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismGlenn Greenwald0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismNCTC0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismAmericans0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismGreenwald0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismFormer0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismPhilip Giraldi0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismWhite House0.60section
Disposition Matrixrelated to CriticismGiraldi0.60section

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