This comes as the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit demanding the US government disclose the legal basis for its drone attacks overseas. The lawsuit seeks details under the Freedom of Information Act on the circumstances under which drone attacks are authorized as well as the number and rate of civilian casualties. The ACLU first filed its request in January but says the government simply refused to respond. Jonathan Manes of the ACLU’s National Security Project said, “The public has a right to know whether the targeted killings being carried out in its name are consistent with international law and with the country’s interests and values.”