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Re:The NSA’s machine learning algorithm may be killing thous... by a3n on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:44AM (#11116300)
> A drone strike typically kills identified terrorist targets but also unidentified targets.

A drone strike typicall kills identified terrorists because they need to be able to say that. It's much better to be able to say "... and some collateral damage" than "We hit a wedding party."

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