ACLU to Take the CIA to Court

Despite FOIA requests the CIA has not confirmed the use of drones

The American Civil Liberties Union will go to court on Thursday in an attempt to get the CIA to hand over documents related to PresidentBarack Obama's controversial "targeted killing" programme that uses unmanned drones to strike suspected Islamic militants.

The programme has been repeatedly referenced in public by numerous senior officials, including by Obama himself and defence secretary Leon Panetta, but the spy agency has refused to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request from the civil liberties group because it says it will not confirm the secretive use of drones.