The Obama administration opened a small window on the lethality of its drone program Friday, for the first time offering a rough estimate of the number of civilians killed in counterterrorism air raids. But the death toll estimate continues to obscure much more than it illuminates.

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“This was a step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” said Rachel Stohl of the Stimson Center, who helped write a report urging the White House to be more forthcoming about the drone program.

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