![Trump Gives CIA Power to Use Drones to Bomb Suspected Terrorists Trump Gives CIA Power to Use Drones to Bomb Suspected Terrorists](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1036088690-310x168.jpg)
On Monday, US President Donald Trump gave the CIA the green light to conduct drone strikes against suspected militants, according to the Wall Street Journal.
This new authority is a shift from a policy under former President Barack Obama that limited the CIA’s ability to engage in paramilitary activity, and may very well strain relations between the agency and the Pentagon.