Early his term, President, counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan, and Gen. James Cartwright formed author Daniel Klaidman calls "a kind of special troika on targeted killings"
"Three men were making life-and-death decisions, picking targets, rejecting or accepting names put forward by the military, feeling way through a new kind of war -- Obama's war,"
"Another sign of the new times on war. It involves not battalions on open battlefields, but intelligence gathering, legal analysis, and unmanned drones aimed specific targets. The list can range from Osama bin Laden to al Qaeda foot soldiers whose names are virtually unknown the American public."
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