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April 29, 2014

Senate Drops Mandate for Public Disclosure of Drone Deaths 
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The U.S. Senate has stripped a provision from a key intelligence bill
that would have required President Obama to publicly disclose the number
of people killed by drone strikes. The move reportedly came at the
behest of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who suggested
it could undermine operations. The provision would have required Obama
to report the number of civilians and "combatants" killed or injured in
drone strikes, but panel chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein agreed to drop it.
Clapper says the Obama administration is exploring its own ways to
disclose data on the strikes.

 

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