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The Disposition Matrix is a database that United States officials describe as a "next-generation capture/kill list". Developed by the Obama Administration beginning in 2010, the "Disposition Matrix" goes beyond existing kill lists, and creates a blueprint for tracking, capturing, rendering, or killing suspected enemies of the US government. It is intended to become a permanent fixture of American policy.〔 The process determining criteria for killing is not public, but has been heavily shaped by presidential counterterrorism adviser and CIA director John Brennan. Though White House, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spokesmen have declined to comment on the database, officials have stated privately that kill lists will expand "for at least another decade", if not indefinitely. One official stated, "It’s a necessary part of what we do."〔 Paul R. Pillar, the former deputy director of the CIA’s counterterrorism center, has stated, "We are looking at something that is potentially indefinite."〔 The database's existence was revealed by a three part series published in ''The Washington Post''. The ''Post'' noted that as of their publication, the number of civilian and militant casualties resulting from American drone strikes would soon exceed the number of people killed in the September 11th attacks.〔 ==Purpose== The creation of the Disposition Matrix database is part of an effort embraced by U.S. Homeland Security adviser John O. Brennan to codify the targeted killing policies developed by President Obama. Under the Presidency of George W. Bush, Brennan served as top aide to CIA director George Tenet, where he defended the administration's use of extraordinary rendition and enhanced interrogation, torture by definition according to international standards. Brennan's association with the CIA's interrogation program was controversial, and forced him to withdraw his candidacy for directorship of the CIA or National Intelligence in 2008. According to the ''New York Times'', Brennan has been the "principal coordinator" of American kill lists. Former Obama administration counter-terrorism official Daniel Benjamin has stated that Brennan "probably had more power and influence than anyone in a comparable position in the last 20 years." The database's creation also accompanies an expansion of the drone fleet, turning the CIA into a "paramilitary force" according to the ''Washington Post''. It is associated with increased Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operations in Africa, and increased JSOC involvement in forming kill lists.〔 The database has unified originally separate but overlapping kill lists maintained by both JSOC and the CIA, and was originally proposed by former NCTC director Michael Leiter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disposition Matrix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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