An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies over Afghanistan, January 2019

Washington, May 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Joe Biden administration has revealed portions of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 secret order rolling back limits on drone strikes and commando raids outside of U.S. combat zones. 

The partially redacted document reveals Trump rolled back a requirement that U.S. attacks would have a “near certainty” of avoiding civilian deaths and injuries — to a lower standard of “reasonable certainty.” 
In a statement, the ACLU responded: “Secretive and unaccountable use of lethal force is unacceptable in a rights-respecting democracy, and this program is a cornerstone of the 'forever wars' President Biden has pledged to end.  He needs to do so.”