Obama: US was not 'cavalier' over hostage drone killings

Accidental deaths of American and Italian hostages overshadows president’s talk to intelligence chiefs as former adviser calls on officials to release further details

 Pakistan said on Friday the deaths of Weinstein and Lo Porto demonstrates ‘the risk and unintended consequences’ of unmanned aircraft. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Dan Roberts in Washington and Alan Yuhas in New York-Friday 24 April 2015

Barack Obama has insisted the US was not “cavalier” in its assessment of the risks to civilians as the accidental deaths of two hostages in a drone strike against al-Qaida overshadowed a planned pep talk for intelligence chiefs.
Obama US was not 'cavalier' over hostage drone killings.odt by Thavam Ratna