Posted on 07/28/2013 5:01:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last month, the FBI admitted it had used surveillance drones in domestic airspace but refused to disclose specific details. Now, after pressure from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the bureau has been forced to come clean.
In a recent letter to Paul, published on the senator’s website Thursday, the FBI acknowledges that it has used drones domestically in 10 cases in response to a “specific, operational need.” The bureau says that, since late 2006, it has used unmanned planes for surveillance to support missions related to kidnappings, search and rescue operations, drug interdictions, and fugitive investigations. On eight occasions the drones were used as part of criminal cases, and two in national security-related operations.
In none of these cases, the bureau says, did it apply for a warrant to conduct the drone surveillance. The letter states that the FBI will seek a warrant when using a drone only if it is attempting "to acquire information in which individuals have reasonable expectations of privacy under the Fourth Amendment." But it does not clarify exactly what kind of information it believes individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy over. Paul has requested that the FBI provide more details, saying he is concerned that the bureau may be adopting an “overbroad” interpretation of the rules in order to conduct warrantless surveillance....
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
“Yeah, we burn down churches. And OKaaaaay, yeah sometimes we do shoot mommies holding babies through their kitchen windows -ya got us, FINE..! And, eh.......yeah, it’s TEN TIMES we spied on ya’s. TEN, kay?”
> Translation: We’ve done it thousands of times for many years now.
And you can’t prove otherwise...
Exactly. If they confess 10 times, they are hiding 10,000 times.
I read Patrice Lewis’ blog. She is a homesteader up in north Idaho, living the hardworking dream on a farm, homeschooling her daughters, married to the same man for 20+ years. She recently wrote about working out in her garden and looked up into the clear blue sky, and there was a drone flying overhead (photo in link). Now she has written some rather uncomplimentary things about our PINO, so maybe she is a huge threat to national security....ya think?
http://www.rural-revolution.com/2013/06/caught-in-act.html
...guess they lost count on how many times they’ve
used them on the southern border right?......what?
So, is "law enforcement sensitive" some kind of new top secret classification they're using now to justify their sneakiness?
correction to my previous post - Patrice didn’t take that photo as she didn’t have her camera with her - her husband found a picture for her to identify. Sorry for the hasty error.
About the only place they won’t use them. That and the gay pride parades, “Justice for Trayvon” riots, Occupy encampments and Islamic training camps.
The USAF has clandestinely cooperated with local officials for decades, using the high resolution U-2 cameras on departure and arrival routes from Beale AFB, California. After all, ya gotta test your cameras before you get to altitude, and of course, avoid flying through any build-ups...
Hi Doogle: U-Tapao and Don Muang 1968-1973 flying StratoBladders ;o)
..betcha ya still smell like JP-4
Every time you go out into your yard, give your middle finger to the sky, in case a drone is above you. On second thought, don’t do that, you will probably get a missile up your behind.
Several miles up?
Hellfire missiles are expensive and in limited number. They’re not going to waste them on the likes of you and me.
Who believes anything the feral government says? Every podunk village with more than three cops has to get SWAT ninja suits so they can imagine they are important as they shoot dogs or each other. Can you really imagine the FBI using drones only 10 times when they are the newest toy?
I see a big need for balloons and 100 feet of light wire.
A fleet released will cause havoc.
10 times? Does this include the incident with Joseph Farah, while he was on vacation at the lake?
love it...I wanted the Boy Scouts to have a Drone Down Merit Badge but sigh....now they only fire butt plugs
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