| By the time President Bush announced the beginning of the war in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the United States’ new secret weapon, the Predator 3034, was already en route to the outskirts of Kandahar. It was 9:30 p.m. in Afghanistan, a clear, starry night, and U.S. intelligence officials had already tracked their target to his home. Controlled by satellite link from 7,000 miles away by an Air Force captain and sergeant at the CIA campus in Northern Virginia, the Predator quickly entered cam... |