The CIA, Not The Pentagon, Will Keep Running Obama's Drone War

Report: CIA Will Keep Running Obama's Drone War
A Predator B long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned aircraft, which has been modified for use in multiple civil research purposes and rechristened Ikhana by NASA, is displayed during a survey of unmanned aircraft and the related systems developed by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
A Predator B long-endurance, high-altitude unmanned aircraft, which has been modified for use in multiple civil research purposes and rechristened Ikhana by NASA, is displayed during a survey of unmanned aircraft and the related systems developed by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

In May, the White House leaked word that it would start shifting drone operations from the shadows of the CIA to the relative sunlight of the Defense Department in an effort to be more transparent about the controversial targeted killing program. But six months later, the so-called migration of those operations has stalled, and it is now unlikely to happen anytime soon, Foreign Policy has learned.

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