Trump ends need for CIA to report drone-strike casualties
US President Donald Trump increasingly relies on the CIA, rather than the military, for lethal drone operations. – EPA pic, March 7, 2019.
US President Donald Trump yesterday revoked a policy requiring the Central Intelligence Agency to account for civilian deaths from drone strikes. The move reverses a two-year-old order by his predecessor, Barack Obama, who came under pressure for greater transparency after sharply increasing the use of drones for targeted attacks in military and counterterrorism operations.
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