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I was referring to these kinda moves: http://benswann.com/us-moves-to-classify-afghan-military-ove...

As a creator of this kind of technology, handing it over to agencies that are constantly battling all levels of oversight seems sketchy to me. I would understand why some people would want to ban this technology outright as an overreaction. Instead, maybe we should try and enforce controlled civilian oversight.

But yes, I am not expert on the legalities of oversight or the treatment of captured terrorists




I see what you mean.

I guess nobody's really an expert on that. I guess there's some precedence going back to the golden age of piracy, but then again most of those policies would have predated many instances of international law. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a dozen JAGs working out exactly what the US's policies should be right this instant (if they haven't already).




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