I'm not going to argue your point (that killing them might be justified), but I do want to add that if you're close enough to capture them, they'd be a much mor

I'm not going to argue your point (that killing them might be justified), but I do want to add that if you're close enough to capture them, they'd be a much more valuable prisoner than an everyday soldier. If you think about it, a cyber-hacker (normally) won't be much of a threat to the capturing force ... how many are trained warriors? And the amount of knowledge that might be gained is immensely more (again, how many are trained to withstand even mild torture)?