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Obama administration Yes, we use drones
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The Obama administration publicly justified its
use of unmanned drones to target suspected
terrorists overseas for the first time Monday,
with a top official saying the strikes are
conducted "in full accordance with the laws.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top
counter-terrorism adviser said strikes are used
when the option of capture is not feasible.
Brennan discussed the strikes during a Monday
address at the Woodrow Wilson Center. It is an
unfortunate fact that to save many innocent lives
we are sometimes obliged to take lives - the
lives of terrorists who seek to murder our fellow
citizens. The program utilizes unmanned aerial
vehicles to target al Qaeda operatives in remote
locations overseas. Brennan said the United
States "respects national sovereignty and
international law" and is guided by the laws of
war in ordering those attacks.
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In Other News

• The Hollywood home of the Academy Awards show has
  a new name to replace the one it lost when
  Eastman Kodak Co. filed for bankruptcy in
  January. The former Kodak Theatre is now the
  Dolby Theatre, thanks to a 20-year naming rights
  contract with Dolby Laboratories, a company known
  for its movie sound systems. Along with getting
  its name mentioned frequently in the Oscars
  broadcasts and coverage leading up to the show,
  Dolby will use the theater as a "world class
  showcase for Dolby innovation," said Ramzi
  Haidamus, Dolby's sales and marketing executive
  vice president.
• Three of the 12 Secret Service agents involved in
  the Colombia prostitution scandal refused to
  cooperate with authorities and submit to a
  polygraph test, according to House Homeland
  Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New
  York. The three agents were among the first
  forced out of the service when news of the
  scandal in Cartagena broke, King told CNN late
  Tuesday. The nine remaining agents took the
  polygraph. And while none of them failed the
  test, some responses led to the loss of several
  jobs.