September 14, 2011
From Politico:
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency does not have to release any records related to its use of unmanned drone aircraft to kill suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Ruling in a Freedom of Information Act case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, Judge Rosemary Collyer said records about the use of drones could be withheld under the rubric of "intelligence sources and methods." She rejected the ACLU's arguments that lethal drones aren't really involved in acquiring intelligence.