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January 21, 2013

Obama Admin Exempts Pakistan Drone Strikes from New Rules 
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The Obama administration has reportedly decided to exclude CIA drone
strikes in Pakistan from new legal oversight for targeted killings
overseas. The Washington Post reports counterterrorism adviser and CIA
nominee John Brennan has signed off on a plan to exempt the drone
attacks in Pakistan from a list of operations that would be covered
under newly enacted rules. Areas covered in the so-called playbook
include the process for adding names to kill lists, the principles for
killing U.S. citizens abroad, and the command chain for authorizing CIA
or U.S. military strikes outside war zones. The exemption of drone
strikes in Pakistan would allow the CIA to continue carrying them out
without a legal framework for up to two years.

 

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