The Disposition Matrix database catalogues biographies, locations, associates, and affiliations of suspects. It also catalogues strategies for finding, capturing, or killing suspects, or subjecting them to extraordinary rendition.
[1] The database continues to direct American operations in
Afghanistan,
Pakistan,
Somalia and
Yemen, and will facilitate expanded operations in
Algeria,
Egypt,
Mali,
Libya,
Iran, and throughout east Africa.
[1]The Pakistani interior minister
Rehman Malik has stated that 336 American drone strikes in Pakistan claimed over 2,300 victims, 80% of whom were innocent civilians.
[3] A
Pew Research Center poll shows that 74% of Pakistanis believe that America "is the enemy", an increase from prior years.
[14]
The
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has condemned the database, writing in a press release that "anyone who thought U.S. targeted killing outside of armed conflict was a narrow, emergency-based exception to the requirement of due process before a death sentence is being proven conclusively wrong."
[13] It has also filed freedom of information requests regarding the database and filed a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality.
[13]