` ` You do not shoot people without warning in non - battlefield situations , '' one soldier says . ` ` If you 're a terrorist , you 're a terrorist , '' Defense Secretary Panetta says . President Obama defends this as ` ` a major victory '' against al Qaeda . Also killed was Khan , an American of Pakistani origin , who specialized in computer programming for al Qaeda and authored the terrorist network 's online magazine , Inspire , officials said . You do n't have access to U.S. courts , analyst says .
` ` You do not shoot people without warning in non - battlefield situations , '' one soldier says . ` ` If you 're a terrorist , you 're a terrorist , '' Defense Secretary Panetta says . President Obama defends this as ` ` a major victory '' against al Qaeda . You do n't have access to U.S. courts , analyst says .