ODNI releases summary of information about counterterrorism strikes outside areas of active hostilities
By Loren Blinde
January 22, 2017
On January 19, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a summary of information about U.S. counterterrorism strikes outside areas of active hostilities:
In accordance with the President’s direction and consistent with the President’s commitment to providing as much information as possible to the American people about U.S. counterterrorism activities, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is releasing today a summary of information provided to the DNI about both the number of strikes taken by the U.S. Government against terrorist targets outside areas of active hostilities and the assessed number of combatant and non-combatant deaths resulting from those strikes. “Areas of active hostilities” currently include Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Source: ODNI
