Pentagon To Take Over Some CIA Drone Operations

Drones focused on terrorism suspects will be part of the Pentagon portfolio, as they take over some CIA operations.

Obama will make a speech on Thursday at the National Defense University in Washington that will include discussion of the government’s use of drones as a counterterrorism tool. It is unclear whether he will announce the drone program shift in that speech or separately.

Four U.S. government sources told Reuters that the decision had been made to shift the CIA’s drone operations to the Pentagon, and some of them said it would occur in stages.

Drone strikes in Yemen, where the U.S. military already conducts operations with Yemeni forces, would be run by the armed forces, officials said.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.