When a U.S. drone strike killed a U.S. citizen in Yemen who was a prominent al Qaeda terrorist, President Barack Obama would not acknowledge the obvious – that a drone had done the task or that the C.I.A. was involved.
Nor would the Obama administration provide the public with details on the policy behind an execution of an American citizen without due process. -db
From a commentary in The New York Times, October 4, 2011, by Scott Shane.