US senators removed a provision from a major intelligence bill that originally required the president to issue an annual public report clarifying the total number of "combatants" and "noncombatant civilians" killed or injured by drone strikes in the previous year to date.
But Senate leaders removed the language as they prepare to bring the bill to the floor for a vote,without the knowledge of the people at the behest of James Clapper, who assured them in a recent letter that the Obama administration was looking for its own ways to disclose more about its highly controversial drone strikes
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