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October 25, 2012

Obama's Permanent Robotic Death List

Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room

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It’s a good thing that Mitt Romney endorsed President Obama’s counterterrorism agenda. Should he win the election in two weeks, Romney will inherit an institutionalized, bureaucratic machine for using lethal robots to target and kill suspected terrorists and their allies. Killing Osama bin Laden was a one-time event; this “Disposition Matrix” is Barack Obama’s real national-security legacy.

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TAGGED: War on Terror, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Drones

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