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Originally Posted by JohnR
Posse Comitatus Act - that is the difference.
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I'm not sure that's really germane to the discussion.
Drones aren't exclusive to military use. Sure, there's limited permitting for domestic use today but the entire game is set to change in 2015 when the FAA starts to open thing up for real. While I wouldn't expect the average police drone to have kill capabilities it's almost a given for the FBI or other domestic government agency to put this in place to handle terror or other crisis response.
There's a reasonable discussion on killing Americans abroad and perhaps another on targeted killings in general (though I think we're way past that turning point. As for drone use on our own soil, I'm not sure what the big dilly really is.
-spence