15.01.2013 - 20:03 [ US Senator Ron Wyden ]

Wyden Letter to CIA Director-nominee Brennan Seeks Legal Opinions on Killing of Americans

With the confirmation process for Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency set to be begin shortly, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is asking Brennan to provide Congress with the secret legal opinions outlining the government’s ability to target and kill Americans believed to be involved in terrorism.