WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Rand Paul (Rep – KY) would have made Jefferson Smith proud as he stood on the Senate floor for almost thirteen hours to filibuster the confirmation of John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director. Like Jimmy ...
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Would Patrick Henry Use Drones? with Nick Huizenga – Episode 147
There seems to be a lot of bad news out there today. If you read any of the headlines you see such things as sinkholes swallowing up large swatches of land and homes (and even people!), taxes going through the ...
Read More »Domestic Drones Draw Opposition Across Party Lines
Op-Ed: The use of drones has achieved widespread success on the battlefield and proven popular among military commanders. Now the unmanned vehicles are showing up in more and more domestic situations: car chases, along our borders, and routine city surveillance. ...
Read More »Look Up: The Drones Are Watching You
With hundreds if not thousands of unmanned drones operating within U.S. borders, many citizens are not only concerned about privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft. Drones have been used overseas to ...
Read More »Senator Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Limit use of Drones
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act this past Tuesday, which would require the government to obtain a warrant before using aerial drones to run surveillance on the United States. Paul says the bill’s purpose ...
Read More »Air Force can Use “Incidental” Surveillance Data of American Citizens
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists recently discovered an Air Force intelligence brief that states it can use “incidental” surveillance data gathered on American citizens. The briefing entitled “The Instruction” is dated April 23 of this year. While ...
Read More »Drone Aircraft to Be Used in U.S. for Domestic “Safety”
by Felix Moyer Unmanned, airborne drones with cameras have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan against opponents of the invasions, but now the Miami-Dade Police Department has completed an agreement to acquire a drone for domestic use. If ...
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