 The report's authors did not estimate the numbers of total civilian casualties, but suggested that the February 2012 Bureau of Investigative Journalism report was more accurate than the "Long War Journal" report (both detailed above) on civilian casualties.The report also opined that the drone attacks were violations of international law, because the US government had not shown that the targets were direct threats to the US.The report further noted the US policy of considering all military-age males in a strike zone as militants following the air strike unless exonerating evidence proves otherwise.