London, Mar 16 (ANI): A US appeals court has ruled that the CIA must give a fuller response to a lawsuit seeking the spy agency's records on drone attacks.
The court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit said that the CIA's claim that it could neither confirm nor deny whether it has any drone records was inadequate, because the government, including Barack Obama himself, has clearly acknowledged a drone programme.
However, the American Civil Liberties Union is likely a long way from getting access to CIA records, the Guardian reports.
Its lawsuit now heads back to a trial court, where the CIA could invoke other defenses against the records request, the report said.
According to the paper, a US Justice Department spokeswoman said she was not aware of the ruling and could not comment immediately.
Meanwhile, Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the ACLU, said the ruling would make it more difficult for the government to deflect questions about drones.
Jaffer said that the public surely has a right to know who the government is killing, and why, and in which countries, and on whose orders. (ANI)
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