Global Post takes a close look at drones this morning:

John Brennan, noted drone enthusiast [1] and President Barack Obama's nominee for the next head of the CIA, can't avoid the topic at his Senate confirmation hearing today. And it's not just him: after a leaked memo [2] (now to be handed over to Congress [3]) justifying the US government's death strikes and the exposure of a secret CIA drone base in Saudi Arabia [4], unmanned aerial vehicles are on everyone's mind.

Did you see Tom Roberts report on drones: The ‘irresistible attractions’ of drones. [5]