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Lawmakers to get classified drone info

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Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan.

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President Barack Obama has directed the Justice Department to give Congress' intelligence committees access to classified legal advice providing the government's rationale for drone strikes against American citizens working with al-Qaida abroad, a senior administration official and Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday.