Monday, August 13, 2012

Drones Over America

Drones In The Sky Over America -- UPI

They're coming: In a few years the skies over the United States will be filled with hundreds if not thousands of of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, doing a variety of tasks -- border security, disaster relief, search and rescue, counter-terrorism and looking down on people and streets on behalf of police departments.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- They're coming: In a few years the skies over the United States will be filled with hundreds if not thousands of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, doing a variety of tasks -- border security, disaster relief, search and rescue, counter-terrorism and looking down on people and streets on behalf of police departments.

But just what will they be looking for, and what sophisticated devices will they carry? And how deeply will they peer into the life of the average American?

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My Comment: Even if the Supreme Court limits the reach and scope of drones in conducting surveillance operations over the U.S. .... technology is always changing, and as a rule they adapt far quicker than what law makers and/or Supreme Court justices are capable of doing.

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