Panetta Jokes On The Not-So-Secret CIA Drone Program

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta talks with staff members in a closed-door session after meeting with NATO defense ministers and representatives from non-NATO nations that contribute to the International Security Assistance Force to discuss Afghanistan operations during a summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 6, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

Panetta Makes Cracks About Not-So-Secret CIA Drone Program -- Wall Street Journal

SIGONELLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Italy–The CIA’s unofficial, undeclared campaign of airstrikes by remotely piloted drones may be the single worst kept secret in the U.S. government.

The CIA does not publicly acknowledge the drone campaign, and nearly every federal official who discusses it adds the obligatory proviso that they are not discussing or disclosing classified information. But there is little doubt that drones are hovering over Pakistan, regularly attacking insurgents.

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Update #1: Panetta spills a little on secret CIA drones -- AP
Update #2: Panetta: loose lips on CIA’s not-so-secret secret -- Washington Post

My Comment: Something must have happened to him to make him feel giddy. This is something that is not a "joking" manner.

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