Drone Use Takes Off On The Home Front

Wall Street Journal:

With little public attention, dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval by federal aviation regulators to use unmanned aircraft known as drones, according to documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by an advocacy group.

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Comments

[LiteBrite]

08:53 PM on 04/23/2012

Did you know that they're working on NUCLEAR drones?!

How stupid is that!

http://enformable.com/2012/04/space-nuclear-2012/

[Doogs62]

03:05 PM on 04/23/2012

Geez I can buy one for myself at The Source for $300 unfortunately I have a Windows 7 phone and you need an iPhone/iTouch or Android to fly it. Someone write an app for that please.

[rascal barquecat]

02:40 AM on 04/23/2012

Why am I reminded of Fiona from the TV show Burn Notice: "Can we shoot them?"

[Carla van der Meer]

01:25 AM on 04/23/2012

So, what happens if you shoot one down over your property? Most people, even if they have nothing to hide still don't want 'big brother' hovering outside their windows. This is just creepy.

[deafking45]

01:04 AM on 04/23/2012

Uh oh My wife and I are hearing impaired /Deaf and are use Sign language.. What if Drone saw My wife and I talking to each other, evidently in a heated argument. My wife was getting more upset, using large signs, I could see that she was upset. Finally, I took both her hands in my, and signed, "Honey, you don't have to yell, I am not blind!" and then I got attack by Drone and CIA thought we flip the large bird at them.

[mrjohnny212]

11:57 PM on 04/22/2012

Ooh, free parts for my electronics experiments falling from the sky, it's like Christmas all year round !

[Tony Sanchez]

10:26 PM on 04/22/2012

I thought it was a Texas mosquito.

[ZombieSM]

10:15 PM on 04/22/2012

If I find one of these over my house without my permission please accept this as notice that you'll have violated MY AIR SPACE.

Gotta admire how this administration loves to use technology AGAINST it's own citizens.

[seaangel1991]

12:34 AM on 04/23/2012

Oh, yes! And give more high techs to the Iranian government and Commies in China for free.

[Gaspar Ramsey]

09:50 PM on 04/22/2012

I think you have to be pretty strange to do that stuff.

[robin briano]

11:54 AM on 04/23/2012

And Pretty Meek to Take It.

[Gaspar Ramsey]

06:35 PM on 04/23/2012

I think there should be a National Moon Your Drone Day.

[PatWard]

08:57 PM on 04/22/2012

Wow! I think the air traffic controllers have enough problems as it is.

[starchildjg24]

08:17 PM on 04/22/2012

Hey, they can fly over me - I do all my illegal activities indoors.

[Kye154]

07:56 PM on 04/22/2012

Tax collectors with Drones! Now that is scary!!! Imagine the IRS, or your state department of revenue using them on you.

[Kye154]

07:10 PM on 04/22/2012

Every police department in the country will be asking for these, not for issues of actual security, but spying on you under the pretentious excuse of preventing crime. American police have a notorious reputation for unjustified search and seizures, because most operate like organizations of thugs, thieves, and perverts. That is because, No one in America oversees the police.

But, a the Iranians have aptly shown with the super secret CIA drone they have captured, there are ways of bringing drones down. Anyone can build or buy a frequency jammer. It is one way of denying the police of their toys.

[johnny strike]

06:57 PM on 04/22/2012

Ron Paul 2012

The only one speaking out against the new Orwellian America. People yawn, drones? eh.. NDAA? eh.. Strip searches? eh..
hey we're out of beer, dancing with the stars is on..

Turn off your TVs and join the Ron Paul Revolution!

[jhuffington]

07:52 PM on 04/22/2012

I don't believe in Ron Paul, but I can appreciate your passion.

With that said, can you tell me why you are supporting Ron Paul? He has absolutely no chance of winning, none.

[johnny strike]

08:55 PM on 04/22/2012

You mean you don't believe his in message? Are you for the senseless corporate wars? Do you support this continued govt tyranny, this moving in steps towards a police state? Do you support the climbing debt, massive govt spending, & printing of fiat money, the bailouts for the president's fat cat buddies & the special interests, all hurting the middle class and the poor, and eventually leading to the devaluation of the dollar?

Libertarian thinkers tend to think in the long term, and it's been a long time coming even to be recognized. Ron Paul's Freedom movement is in it's early days. It has a lot against it too: the media, the corporations MIC, neocons from both parties, and considering all that Paul has done a tremendous job in spreading the message. In a way he has already won. If you've ever seen the crowds that come out for him at the campuses you'd know what i mean. I support the message and the spreading of it. I support Ron Paul the truth teller & the current spokesman for that message.

[Jeff Woodring]

06:57 PM on 04/22/2012

Lool! Up in the sky!
It's a bird! It's a plane!
No! It's ... Congress?!?
Yeeaahhh! That's what they think of us.
Have to keep an eye on us 25 / 8