 The computer programmers, missile technologists, high-tech pilots, and other servicemen who were centred around technology were now the focal point of news coverage, removing the warrior-soldier from the conversation.For at least some of the initial drone strikes, in 2004 and 2005, the US operated with the approval of Pakistan's ISI.Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told "The New Yorker" in 2014 that he allowed the CIA to fly drones within Pakistan and that in exchange the US supplied helicopters and night-vision equipment to the Pakistanis.