I pleaded. "I've tried many times to do that, but never receive a response." I asked for a number where I could reach him to set up a meeting, but he refused. "I have your information, I can reach you," he claimed, waving my bright pink business card in the air.
Worried that he might be about to call in the police, or the CIA, or maybe even a drone, I finally desisted and thanked him for his time. "I want you to know, John, that I am doing this from my heart, because I care about the lives of innocent people everywhere and I care about our country." With that, he slammed the door.
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Medea Benjamin, codirector of www.codepink.org , is author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control .
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