The US has decided to reveal the legal justification of the drone strikes it launched against American citizens suspected of being terrorists, according to an unnamed senior government official on Tuesday.

Instead of appealing the April decision of a federal appeals court ordering the release of the redacted document containing the justification for the drone strike, the US solicitor general has decided to comply with it. The schedule for the release of the memorandum has not yet been finalized by the court and the Justice Department.

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The anonymous Obama administration official also explained that while the memo justifying the drone strike will be revealed, some facts will still be left out from the file.

Last month, the 2^nd US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling of a lower-court that maintained the secrecy of the legal justifications for the strikes. This would include the 2011 strike in Yemen that killed US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki.

The drone program has received numerous complaints from civil liberties organizations. The said program launches unmanned aircraft and lets the state kill US citizens without due process. The US has also been criticized internationally and has attracted the rage of Islamic nations for launching strikes against militants in Yemen, Pakistan, and other countries.

In March 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder explained in a speech at the Northwestern University in Illinois that the targeting of people with senior operational functions in Al-Qaeda and other similar groups was sanctioned by the law.

According to Circuit Judge Jon Newman last month, the legal analysis has lost its rights to secrecy because public officials have issued public statements about the drone strikes. The judge also said the argument that the disclosure of the memo could affect military plans and foreign relations is no longer logical because of that.

The families of the US citizens killed by drones had filed a lawsuit against the state, but US District Judge Rosemary Collyer dismissed the case on April 4. The judge said the senior officials in the operations cannot be held personally liable for financial damages during wars.