White House Counterterror Chief John Brennan is taking the lead in who goes on the drone kill list, making it harder for plausible deniability when these terrorists are targeted. This is getting closer to LBJ directing where the bombs would fly during the Vietnam War.
The process, which is about a month old, means Brennan's staff consults the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies as to who should go on the list, making a previous military-run review process in place since 2009 less relevant, according to two current and three former U.S. officials aware of the evolution in how the government targets terrorists.
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