Interesting, and well-reasoned take. Makes you challenge your assumptions.

An excellent analysis as to just how far we have strayed from international rule of law and the Framer's original Constitutional mandate (based on the idea that "the King should not be able to commit the People to war") requiring a Congressional declaration of war before any military action. The CIA operates as a rogue agency and is NOT directly answerable to the American people--an extremely dangerous situation.

An informative story about the legal status of CIA/civilian operatives taking part in combat related activities.

I am very happy to see more of these stories as I feel this will be a very important topic as we move into the future of more and more automated combat. This was a topic well explored by Singer in Wired For War which I would have thought deserved a mention in this story.