Drones in America? They are Already Here…

Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is one of the most important organizations we have in America today.  While most of the country lays fast asleep to the dangers of the encroaching surveillance state, the EFF is always vigilantly at work on the front lines.  In their latest article, they show that military drones are already flying all over these United States and, using information received from a FOIA lawsuit they provide important details on what is flying and where.  You may be shocked at some of their conclusions.  From the EFF:

The records show that the Air Force has been testing out a bunch of different drone types, from the smaller, hand-launched Raven, Puma and Wasp drones designed by Aerovironment in Southern California, to the much larger Predator and Reaper drones responsible for civilian and foreign military deaths abroad. The Marine Corps is also testing drones, though it chose to redact so much of the text from its records that we still don’t know much about its programs.

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4 thoughts on “Drones in America? They are Already Here…”

  2. Jayme

    The EFF may help get a regulating element to this technology implemented. One way or another, it will be needed. As with anything, if not done in the open, accountability to the public is propagandized. (For example, the Reuters reporters footage.) Like in THX 1138, when the legal fiction of institution steps in and removes all personal blame, it will quickly become simply a question of cost.

    Technology can be extremely beneficial socially but it is less a solution than a prison. Technology has become it’s own self serving end in consumer capitalism. Because we allow it, we are just its means.

    As with all new growth technologies, this has quickly escalated. I think the EFF is doing a good thing by challenging this technology.

  3. Jayme

    links -

    Attack of the Drones – USA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHJLwYWX30

    Killer Robots: HRW and Nobel Laureate Jody Williams Urge Ban on Modern Warfare’s Next Frontier (repost)
    http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/20/killer_robots_hrw_and_nobel_laureate

    New social media app maps out sites of drone strikes
    http://www.naturalnews.com/038210_mobile_app_drone_strikes_social_media.html

    Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes
    http://www.infowars.com/apple-rejects-app-that-tracks-u-s-drone-strikes/

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