The White House To Release It's Playbook For The U.S. Drone Program.

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CNN: Obama administration to release drone program 'playbook'

(CNN)The Obama administration told a federal judge on Friday it is ready to make public a so-called playbook for the U.S. drone program.

The letter filed in court in New York comes following an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit.

The letter says the the government would make redactions to protect the identities of government officials who make decisions on whether to capture a suspect terrorist or to add them to a list to be targeted for killing.

The release of the Presidential Policy Guidance would mark a major addition to the public information known about the drone program. The letter also said the government plans to release less-redacted versions of Pentagon documents describing legal standards related to terrorist groups the U.S. is at war with.

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Update #1: White House to release drone 'playbook' (The Hill)
Update #2: ACLU Suit Forces White House To Release Policy Document (OR-Politics)

WNU Editor: I am sure that when they release this "playbook", it is going to be heavily redacted. But a few details have been known for a long time .... CIA’s free reign on targeted killing: Pakistan exempted from agency’s drone ‘playbook’ (RT).