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The White House bows to Congress’ demands to release its legal basis for the killing of US citizens by armed drones. The move is seen as an attempt to ease pressure on John Brennan, the architect of the drones strategy. Brennan has an upcoming Senate confirmation hearing as CIA director Thursday. The Associated Press reports President Barack Obama ordered the release of the 50-page legal rationale to Senate intelligence committee members. In Septermber 2011, drones killed US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his son, Said al-Shehri, a senior al-Qaida commander. A US newspaper reports the drones were launched from a secret CIA base in Saudi Arabia. The revelation is an embarrassment to the White House, which pressured the Washington Post and some other news outlets to kill the report for 12 months on grounds of national security.
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