Lawsuit questions legality of CIA drone program

Today, US drone attacks killed six people and injured three others in Pakistan. The attacks took place near a village in North Waziristan. According to a local resident quoted in Pakistani media, residents are now scared to help in recovery after an attack takes place because recent attacks have killed people engaged in rescue work. The US government has used the highly controversial drones attacks mostly in Pakistan, but also in Afghanistan and Yemen. And the number of attacks have increased under President Obama. The New America Foundation estimates that as many as 1,000 people have been killed in over 80 attacks since 2006. But very little is known about the program. This week the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit requesting that the government agencies - the Department of Justice, the State Department, and the Defense Department - outline the legal basis for the drone program and provide more details.

Here to discuss the suit is Jonathan Manes. He's a legal fellow with the ACLU.

To read a copy of the ACLU lawsuit: http://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-v-doj-et-al-complaint