White House Won’t Comment on Reuters Story About Secret Panel That Can Put Americans on ‘Kill

White House Won’t Comment on Reuters Story About Secret Panel That Can Put Americans on ‘Kill:

White House Won’t Comment on Reuters Story About Secret Panel That Can Put Americans on ‘Kill
ABC News ^ | 10/6/11 | Jake Tapper

Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:25:53 PM by Nachum

Reuters’ Mark Hosenball today reported http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005 that: “American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.

There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate.”

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