[ck2]

This makes me wonder if the government has or is working on drones that hone in on a specific cellphone signal with a specific id after being trained.

Not just for tracking but an "icbm" kind of drone. First for military use, then for domestic use like how the police always get military weapon, iris scanners, etc.

[pjc50]

I believe this has already been done in Yemen, as part of the programme of murdering foreign nationals in countries the US is not at war with.

[morganvachon]

The US is "at war" with the entire world, even their so-called friends. You don't spy on your friends, you spy on your enemies. You don't do secret raids and secret bombings on third parties, you do that to your enemies. We've always been at war with <fill in the blank>.