Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday he was instructed to deny the administration’s use of targeted drone strikes against suspected terrorists.
“When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was you’re not even to acknowledge the drone program,” he explained on MSNBC. “You’re not even to discuss that it exists.”
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Gibbs suggested that denying the program existed was counterproductive because it caused the public to lose trust in the President’s decisions.
Obama has so far refused to release legal memos that justify the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists in countries like Yemen and Pakistan.
Raw Story
“When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was you’re not even to acknowledge the drone program,” he explained on MSNBC. “You’re not even to discuss that it exists.”
[...]
Gibbs suggested that denying the program existed was counterproductive because it caused the public to lose trust in the President’s decisions.
Obama has so far refused to release legal memos that justify the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists in countries like Yemen and Pakistan.
Raw Story
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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