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Re:Hacker Killed by Drone Was 'Secret Weapon' by mtgx on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:03PM (#10133122)
Yes.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/27/junaid-hussain-...

Apparently it didn't take Obama long to do another 180 on this issue as well:

"I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker," he told reporters during a news conference in Senegal.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/26/politics/nsa-leak/index.ht...

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Re:Hacker Killed by Drone Was 'Secret Weapon' by tmuir on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:17PM (#10133176)
It's pretty disingenuous to interpret this statement as the president giving a free pass to all twentysomething hackers.
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Re:Hacker Killed by Drone Was 'Secret Weapon' by latj on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:24PM (#10133208)
I agree. Obama's record is quite clear when it comes to drone assassinations as a cheaper alternative to dragging people in for their day in court-- his own constituents included.
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Re:Hacker Killed by Drone Was 'Secret Weapon' by lsiebert on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:25PM (#10133216)
Seems like he didn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrambling_(military)
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