John Brennan's CIA Hearing Showed How US Drones Operate Above The Constitution

Despite disappointing many observers, Thursday's confirmation hearing of CIA Director-to-be John Brennan laid bare one thing -- the President's covert drone war operates beyond America's constitutionally-mandated system of checks and balances. "We need to acknowledge [when a drone strike kills civilians] publicly," Brennan told his audience. "In the interests of transparency, I believe the United States government should acknowledge it." The con is that under current executive authority, the adm...