"NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy • The U.S. government does not officially acknowledge that CIA drones are carrying out airstrikes in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries. But Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta came closer than usual Friday.
Speaking to U.S. and other NATO troops in Italy, first in Naples and later in Sicily, Panetta twice referred to the Predator drones he controlled in his previous job as CIA director. It was a rare on-the-record confirmation of the agency's use of the unmanned aircraft by a senior U.S. official, even though the program has become an open secret in Washington.
When officials talk about the CIA drones, they usually do so anonymously or refer simply to "counterterrorism operations".............READ MORE
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