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Philip Alston (UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions): In a situation in which there is no disclosure of who has been killed, for what reason, and whether innocent civilians have died, the legal principle of international accountability is, by definition, comprehensively violated.

Jake Tapper (Anchor): Drone strikes, CIA is doing in Pakistan is compliant with US and international law?

Panetta (CIA Director): There’s no question that we are abiding by international law and the law of war. We have a responsibility to defend this country and that’s what we’re doing. What we’re doing is defending this country. That’s what our operations are all about.

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