Unbelieviable.  I couldnt resist adding to the peanut gallery on this one.  For starters, CNN says predator drones were hacked (thank google news for linking me to the poor headline).  They were not hacked even the slightest.  And second, if you remove encryption from something that should be encrypted (military communications, WTF) then what do you expect will happen?  Did they honestly think this was a good idea?  Did they honestly even think before doing?  Note to Mike Mount and Elaine Quijano of CNN, there is nothing to hack or crack if it isnt secure to begin with.  Note to the DOD, encryption requires more processing power, deal with it.

Often throughout my career many have said “bah, its too slow, it takes too long to setup, does it really have to be secure?”.  If you are asking that, you shouldnt be in the job your in.  Cmon DOD, wake the fuck up!