Senators, Not Public, Get to See Secret Drone Memo

By Steven T. Dennis

Posted May 6, 2014 at 2:34pm

The White House is letting senators view a classified drone memo justifying the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, Niels Lesniewski reports. But the public won’t get the same opportunity.

The White House told Niels that the memo would only be viewable in a classified setting.

Read Niels’ story at #WGDB.

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