December 12, 2011

Police Use Spy Planes on Civilians

[From article]
In an interview, Michael C. Kostelnik, a retired Air Force general who heads the office that supervises the drones, said Predators are flown "in many areas around the country, not only for federal operators, but also for state and local law enforcement and emergency responders in times of crisis."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-drone-arrest-20111211,0,324348.story

Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates.
By Brian Bennett,
Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau
December 10, 2011, 6:12 p.m.

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