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January 10, 2013

Months Before Brennan Denied Civilian Deaths by Drones, U.S. Ambassador Relayed Pakistani Concerns 
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The drone attack in Pakistan comes as CIA nominee John Brennan continues
to come under scrutiny for his role in the Obama administration's drone
warfare overseas. New evidence has emerged casting doubts on Brennan's
claims that he was unaware of concerns over civilian casualties prior to
a major June 2011 speech defending the strikes. In his remarks at the
time, Brennan had said there was not "a single collateral death" in the
previous year of drone attacks. Brennan later qualified his remarks by
saying he had no information to the contrary at the time. But the Bureau
of Investigative Journalism has revealed that the U.S. ambassador at the
time, Cameron Munter, conveyed Pakistani concerns directly to the
"highest levels" of the Obama White House. The concerns centered around
a March 2011 strike that killed 42 Pakistanis, most of them civilians.

 

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