Cora Currier
ProPublica
June 26, 2012
The covert U.S. effort to strike terrorist leaders using drones has moved further out of the shadows this year — targeted killing has been mentioned by President Obama and defended in speeches by Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The White House recently declassified the fact that it is conducting military operations in Yemen and Somalia.
But for all the talk, the administration says it hasn’t officially confirmed particular strikes or the CIA’s involvement.
Over the past year, the American Civil Liberties Union and reporters at The New York Times have filed several requests under the Freedom of Information Act seeking information about the CIA’s drone program and the legal justification for attacks that killed terrorists and U.S. citizens. The government answered with a Glomar response — neither verifying nor denying that it has such documents.
So both the Times and the ACLU sued, claiming that there is widespread acknowledgement by government officials of drones and targeted killing, as well as the CIA’s involvement.
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Adolf Obombya is even more insane than ever. Google the Hispanic luncheon where he required NO KNIVES and the confiscation of the forks before he would show up to speak! He is fast becoming like Adolf Hitler in the final days of the Third Reich!
Of course he doesn’t want people to know how many people he has murdered, including US citizens, he is a monster!