[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

[BenLurkin]

Isn't there something called posse comitatus or something like that says this is not okay?

[MCF]

I think we all knew this was coming. The question now is, how long be for they start using Hellfire missiles.

[the invisib1e hand]

gee, that didn’t take long. the first news release of drones being used in civilian airspace went into rotation just this week.

[CJ Wolf]

bm

[bunkerhill7]

Coming to a hobby shop near you: ``U.S. Govt to ban all R/C model aircraft which could used to attack drones.``

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

sophisticated sensors under the nose helped pinpoint the three suspects and showed they were unarmed. Police rushed in

Keep weapons close.

"We don't use [drones] on every call out. If we have something in town like an apartment complex, we don't call them."

Stay anonymously in densely populated areas, not the open range :-)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Next step will be Hellfire missiles.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Is this why there aren’t that many black helicopter sightings anymore?

[TLI]

Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June.

Unarmed.

Sure.

For now...

.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts

[ZOOKER]

"We don't use [drones] on every call out," said Bill Macki, head of the police SWAT team in Grand Forks. "If we have something in town like an apartment complex, we don't call them."

Right now there's someone thinking: "Surveillance is very useful in solving crime. Those apartments are a blind spot, though. We need to figure a way to see in there ..."

And that's how the telescreens ended up in every room. I feel much safer now, don't you?

[FlyingEagle]

Predator drones for 6 cows?

“Brandishing rifles”? How does one carry a rifle without “brandishing”?

Why is Eric Holder running around free when a border patrol agent is dead from Fast and Furious? Are cows taking priority?

[Cockroach]

Could have predicted this years ago...

But I’m just a kook, dontcha know.

[Ace's Dad]

As the former commander of a “pseudo military force”; The CAP, I’d very much put a Predator B into the air instead of an unarmed Cessna 172. This report states that the Customs and Border Protection Service was doing the flying; seems OK to me, given the armed nature of the threat. Bad guys are bad guys, folks, and yes, I see the potential for abuse, making electing the right people all the more important! Keep working to elect the right people!

[Usagi_yo]

Let’s see.

- Armed men
- Stolen property
- Search warrant

No problem here, however the ease of which the government can implement surveillance is alarming on all fronts, as technology grows in leaps and bounds.

Does casual and passive surveillance from public areas violate anything other than what we feel in spirit?

If so, what about beat cops patrolling your neighborhood?

Or how about border surveillance over a mix of private and public property?

[theDentist]

If this happened when Bush was President, the Press would be screaming and demanding heads. No matter who owns or controls them, it’s be on Bush’s head. Whew, good thing we have a President who takes so many vacations, or they’d think HE was responsible.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

What happens if drone technology falls into the hands of drug criminals?

Federal laws restricting non-government use of drones coming soon.
No drones for civilians!
Do it for the children!

[Sarajevo]

So, this is how it starts.

[Secret Agent Man]

What a shocker.