Matthew Power [1974-2014] was an award-winning freelance print and radio journalist and a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine.

Confessions of a Drone Warrior

GQ Magazine  |  October 2013

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He was an experiment, really. One of the first recruits for a new kind of warfare in which men and machines merge. He flew multiple missions, but he never left his computer. He hunted top terrorists, saved lives, but always from afar. He stalked and killed countless people, but could not always tell you precisely what he was hitting. Meet the 21st-century American killing machine, who's still utterly, terrifyingly human. 

What It's Like Being A Drone War Veteran

A Treehouse Grows in Brooklyn