> Intel agencies don’t actually do the killing. The military does. CIA as an intel agency only says where and who. Nope https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gave

> Intel agencies don’t actually do the killing. The military does. CIA as an intel agency only says where and who. Nope https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gave-cia-power-to-launch-drone-strikes-1489444374 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gave-cia-power-to-launch-... The CIA has the authority and hardware to launch their own drone strikes. It was classified, so we don't know when it started, but Obama removed their power to do it and Trump gave it back. The US has two separate drone strike programs. The military runs one, and the CIA runs the other. Edit: Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri it's specifically noted that the CIA conducted the drone strike after approval from Biden.