CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones'

[hunter]

Source: The Register

'They want to kill people with software that doesn't work'

By Chris Williams

Posted in Storage, 24th September 2010 11:12 GMT

The CIA is implicated in a court case in which it's claimed it used an illegal, inaccurate software "hack" to direct secret assassination drones in central Asia.

The target of the court action is Netezza, the data warehousing firm that IBM bid $1.7bn for on Monday. The case raises serious questions about the conduct of Netezza executives, and the conduct of CIA's clandestine war against senior jihadis in Afganistan and Pakistan.

Read more: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/24/cia_netezza

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Assassination drones are plenty bad enough, but bad software too?

This has got to stop. The USA continues to demonstrate it's willingness to use all sorts of vile weaponry, from land mines, from napalm, from agent orange, to cluster bombs... to these.

[thereismore]

1. Disgusting, but sadly, not unexpected. nt

[DirkGently]

2. The drone attacks are bascially all illegal assassinations. No accountability, no oversight.

[Pavulon]

7. Just because you dont like something does not make it illegal(nt)

[DirkGently]

9. Agreed. It's conducting an undeclared, illegal war, that makes it illegal.

[Pavulon]

10. War powers act for $100 alex(nt)

[DirkGently]

11. "What are targeted killings by non-Military CIA operatives, ie, international warcrimes?"

[placton]

3. nope, not assasination - fucking MURDER

and our Dems (see Carl Levin and the Prez) SUPPORT this killing of innocents.

[Pavulon]

6. Innocents, thats a funny word in war(nt)

[indepat]

4. And depleted uranium: don't forget the DU

;)

[Pavulon]

5. You realize this is an IP dispute, someone lost an RFP and cash

and now is crying about it.

[defendandprotect]

8. Frightening ... but then again US these days is pretty much a terrorist, outlaw nation--!!!

No one bigger than us, however, to save those we're killing!!