U.S. Appeals Court Deals Blow To Drone Secrecy

The CIA may be moving away from its previous refusal to say if it had any drone records. Reuters

Appeals Court Revives Suit Over CIA Drone Records -- Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a rebuke of government secrecy, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the CIA must give a fuller response to a lawsuit seeking the spy agency's records on drone attacks.

The CIA's claim that it could neither confirm nor deny whether it has any drone records was inadequate because the government, including President Barack Obama himself, has clearly acknowledged a drone program, the court said.

The ruling was unanimous from a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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