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PresidentBarackObama

TheWhiteHouse
Washington,D.C.

SecretaryAshtonB.Carter
DepartmentofDefense

DirectorJohnO.Brennan
CentralIntelligenceAgency

DearPresidentObama,SecretaryCarterandDirectorBrennan:

WeareformerAirForceservicemembers.WejoinedtheAirForcetoprotectAmericanlives
andtoprotectourConstitution.Wecametotherealizationthattheinnocentcivilianswewerekilling
onlyfueledthefeelingsofhatredthatignitedterrorismandgroupslikeISIS,whilealsoservingasa
fundamentalrecruitmenttoolsimilartoGuantanamoBay.Thisadministrationanditspredecessors
havebuiltadroneprogramthatisoneofthemostdevastatingdrivingforcesforterrorismand
destabilizationaroundtheworld.

Whentheguiltofourrolesinfacilitatingthissystematiclossofinnocentlifebecametoomuch,
allofussuccumbedtoPTSD.Wewerecutloosebythesamegovernmentwegavesomuchtosent
outintheworldwithoutadequatemedicalcare,reliablepublichealthservices,ornecessarybenefits.
Someofusarenowhomeless.Othersofusbarelymakeit.

Wewitnessedgrosswaste,mismanagement,abusesofpower,andourcountrysleaderslying
publiclyabouttheeffectivenessofthedroneprogram.Wecannotsitsilentlybyandwitnesstragedies
liketheattacksinParis,knowingthedevastatingeffectsthedroneprogramhasoverseasandathome.
SuchsilencewouldviolatetheveryoathswetooktosupportanddefendtheConstitution.

Werequestthatyouconsiderourperspective,thoughperhapsthatrequestisinvaingiventhe
unprecedentedprosecutionoftruthtellerswhocamebeforeuslikeChelseaManning,JulianAssange,
andEdwardSnowden.Forthesakeofthiscountry,wehopeitisotherwise.


Sincerely,

BrandonBryant
StaffSergeant
MQ1BPredatorSensorOperator
SEREInstructorTrainee
USAFJointSpecialOperationsCommand
3rdSpecialOperationsSquadron
DisabledIraqandAfghanistanVeteran
FounderofProjectREDHAND
CianWestmoreland
SeniorAirman
RFTransmissionsSystems
USAFCENTCOM
73rdExpeditionaryAirControlSquadron
DisabledAfghanistanVeteran
ProjectREDHAND'sSustainableTechnologyDirector

StephenLewis
SeniorAirman
MQ1BPredatorSensorOperator
USAFJointSpecialOperationsCommand
3rdSpecialOperationsSquadron
IraqandAfghanistanVeteran

MichaelHaas
SeniorAirman
MQ1BPredatorSensorOperatorInstructor
USAFAirCombatCommand
15thReconnaissanceSquadron
IraqandAfghanistanVeteran

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