Heads up....Obama signed secret order authorizing covert U.S. support for rebel forces in Libya...developing...on Drudge Report.
Heads up....Obama signed secret order authorizing covert U.S. support for rebel forces in Libya...developing...on Drudge Report.
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Libyan rebels flee as Obama authorizes covert support (3 pg)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/us-libya-idUSTRE7270JP20110330
(Reuters) - As Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi’s troops on Wednesday, U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had signed a secret order authorizing covert support for the rebels.
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Obama signed the order, known as a presidential “finding,” within the last two or three weeks, according to four U.S. government sources familiar with the matter.
Such findings are a principal form of presidential directive used to authorize secret operations by the CIA. This is a necessary legal step before such action can take place but does not mean that it will.