QUOTE OF THE DAY

President Obama’s so called counterterrorism chief John Brennan is heading up a new team to determine who should be targeted by armed U.S. drones overseas. The newly revealed procedure for drone attacks means Brennan’s staff consults the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies before ultimately deciding who will be targeted. One official said there is growing concern over "how easy it has become to kill someone" under the administration’s drone strike policy. "I think we’re now calling Counterterror Chief John Brennan the assassination czar," Marcy Wheeler, an investigative blogger who runs EmptyWheel.Net said. Wheeler disputes the government’s assertion the drone attacks are finely targeted, noting that it is unclear who the targets really are and that civilians have been killed.