<i>It&#x27;s not like America is killing people for fun or some petty economic gain.</i><p>How do we know this, again? The folks who have said this are legally bound <i>not</i> to say anything else. So they&#x27;re not particularly believable. The Snowden revelations about PetroBras hacking somewhat (but not totally, admittedly) makes me very suspicious that network penetration goes on for petty economic gain. Why wouldn&#x27;t that leak into drone strikes?