美國中情局長候任人將就無人機政策接受質詢

A Senate committee Thursday will question President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA about a policy allowing drone strikes on American citizens allegedly involved in terrorism overseas.

White House anti-terror adviser John Brennan will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Brennan is a strong supporter of the administration's anti-terror policies.

On Wednesday, an administration official said President Obama has ordered the Justice Department to give Congress classified legal documents justifying the drone strikes. Eleven senators had demanded to see the documents after a leaked Justice Department memo broadened the rationale for targeting alleged terrorists.

The administration has previously justified drone attacks if a terrorist strike is believed to be imminent. But the memo says an American citizen may also be targeted for being part of an ongoing terror plot.星期四，美國國會參議院一個委員會將就無人機襲擊政策對奧巴馬總統提名的中央情報局長人選布倫南進行質詢，該政策允許對據信參與國外恐怖主義活動的美國公民進行無人機襲擊。

白宮反恐事務顧問布倫南將出席參議院情報委員會的聽證會。布倫南是堅決支持奧巴馬政府反恐政策的人士。

一名美國政府官員星期三說，奧巴馬總統已經命令司法部向國會提交有關的機密法律文件，這些文件意在說明這類襲擊的合理性。美國司法部星期二泄露的一份備忘錄擴大了判斷是否襲擊恐怖嫌疑人的依據範圍，此後11名美國參議員要求瞭解有關方面的法律文件。

美國政府原來認定如果據信恐怖襲擊在即，就可以發動無人機襲擊。但泄露的備忘錄說，如果某美國公民在參與恐怖主義陰謀，就可以列爲無人機空襲的目標。