Justice to Share Secret Drone Papers With U.S. Lawmakers
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President Barack Obama has ordered the Justice Department to show lawmakers its classified legal justification for drone strikes against U.S. citizens abroad who are found to be terrorists.
Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees will be given access to the documents from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel, White House press secretary Jay Carney said. The move was made days after a Justice Department outline of circumstances in which American citizens could be targeted became public.