Senior aide says US will disclose the number of terrorism suspects and civilians killed since 2009 in tender to bolster public support for controversial operations A senior White House aide has pledged to release how many terrorism suspects and civilian casualties the US has killed in its drone strikes since 2009,the first-ever disclosure surrounding the US’s most controversial deadly operations.
Lisa Monaco, Barack Obama’s counter-terrorism and homeland security adviser, and said in a Washington speech on Monday that the expanded transparency would bolster public support for drone strikes and other counter-terrorism practices that she indicated would last “for years to come”.
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Source: theguardian.com