<div class='node-body'><p>After a nearly three year legal battle to obtain government acknowledgement of its clandestine overseas drone and assassination program, the ACLU waits with determined patience today to see how the Obama administration responds to court imposed deadline for an official response and what, if anything, they will release as part of a <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/01/13-11">Freedom of Information Act request first filed</a> in January of 2010.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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