boutons_deux
07-03-2013, 03:35 PM
the agency in charge of border protection is increasingly offering the drones it already owns to a variety of domestic law-enforcement agencies and has considered equipping them with “nonlethal weapons,” according to documents recently made public.
The documents (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/customs-border-protection-significantly-increases-drone-surveillance-other), which include flight logs over the last three years, were unearthed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation through a Freedom of Information lawsuit.
Agencies that have used the 10 Predator drones owned by the Customs and Border Protection Agency have deployed them to investigate fishing violations, search for missing persons and inspect levees along the Mississippi River, among other things. Three years ago, the drones were used by other agencies 30 times; in 2012, that jumped to 250 times.
In the documents, the border agency said data collected by the drones could be shared with other government agencies, raising concerns about the privacy of Americans within the nation’s borders.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/business/us-border-agency-is-a-frequent-lender-of-its-drones.html?from=homepage
Don't worry, govt drones over the USA are always for a good cause!
The documents (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/customs-border-protection-significantly-increases-drone-surveillance-other), which include flight logs over the last three years, were unearthed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation through a Freedom of Information lawsuit.
Agencies that have used the 10 Predator drones owned by the Customs and Border Protection Agency have deployed them to investigate fishing violations, search for missing persons and inspect levees along the Mississippi River, among other things. Three years ago, the drones were used by other agencies 30 times; in 2012, that jumped to 250 times.
In the documents, the border agency said data collected by the drones could be shared with other government agencies, raising concerns about the privacy of Americans within the nation’s borders.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/business/us-border-agency-is-a-frequent-lender-of-its-drones.html?from=homepage
Don't worry, govt drones over the USA are always for a good cause!