Who is the American Al Qaeda Facing A U.S. Drone?

Photo Credit: LT. COL.. LESLIE PRATT / US AIR FORCE VIA AP The American al Qaeda member who the Obama administration is considering killing through a drone strike is likely a bombmaker with little public profile who has been linked to the deaths of fellow citizens in Afghanistan, experts say.

A former U.S. security official told NBC News that the suspect is based in lawless western Pakistan, where missiles fired by American drones have slain dozens of suspected al Qaeda members since 2004.

According to one current and another former U.S. intelligence official, the potential target is considered a member of “al Qaeda Central,” the core organization led by Osama bin Laden’s successor Ayman al Zawahiri.

Officials told The Associated Press earlier this week that the White House was weighing a drone strike aimed at a U.S. citizen plotting attacks on Americans abroad using improvised explosives devices.

“I can’t comment on who this individual is, but as an American, who would [know] a lot more about his country, which would make him very dangerous,” said Talata Masood, a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistan army.

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