Thursday, February 7, 2013

Obama reverses course, approves providing legal advice on drones to Congress

President Obama has reversed course and agreed to provide the congressional intelligence committees with classified Justice Department legal advice authorizing the use of drones to kill U.S. citizens abroad, two administration officials said Wednesday evening.

The sharing of the information, which lawmakers had long sought, comes on the eve of a Senate hearing on John Brennan’s nomination to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Some senators had suggested that his nomination could be blocked if the administration was not more forthcoming.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/02/obama-reverses-course-approves-providing-legal-advice-156326.html?hp=f2

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