An MQ-1 Predator armed with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile flies a training mission. The MQ-1 Predator’s primary mission is interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center will sustain the Predator program. Photo Robins Air Force BaseFrom The Washington Post:
The United States and Pakistan reached tacit agreement in September on a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that allows unmanned Predator aircraft to attack suspected terrorist targets in rugged western Pakistan, according to senior officials in both countries. In recent months, the U.S. drones have fired missiles at Pakistani soil at an average rate of once every four or five days.
The officials described the deal as one in which the U.S. government refuses to publicly acknowledge the attacks while Pakistan's government continues to complain noisily about the politically sensitive strikes
The arrangement coincided with a suspension of ground assaults into Pakistan by helicopter-borne U.S. commandos. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview last week that he was aware of no ground attacks since one on Sept. 3 that his government vigorously protested.
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My Comment: President Obama will probably not change any parts of this agreement.