Slashdot Mirror
Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say
netbuzz writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation nine months ago filed a Freedom of Information Act request to prompt the FAA to release the names of government agencies and private entities that have received permission to fly unmanned aircraft over our heads. Nine months later, the FAA has neither released the information nor explained why it hasn't. On Tuesday the EFF filed suit (PDF) to force the agency to do so. Says EFF staff attorney Jennifer Lynch: 'Drones give the government and other unmanned aircraft operators a powerful new surveillance tool to gather extensive and intrusive data on Americans' movements and activities. As the government begins to make policy decisions about the use of these aircraft, the public needs to know more about how and why these drones are being used to surveil United States citizens.'"
Not me.. I don't want to be groped and scaned by the tsa or worse by any of those tla alphabet groups for not doing anything.
Citizen moving along, not looking at anything at all. Don't hellfire missile me bro.
And here I thought they were bringing the troops home at the demands of the American people.
Occasionally living proof of the Ballmer peak.
Those aren't the drones you're looking for
If we finally get rid of George Bush and elect a Progressive (someone like Obama, who has campaigned on maintaining transparency in government), I think we'll do away with this.
But as long as we keep Bush and Republicans in office, we'll always have these types of issues.
Drones being flown all over the country, by unidentified pilots, Microsoft giving their Flight Simulator game away for free. I coincidence? I think NOT.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
So to be clear, the EFF filed and FIA request to the FAA about USAF activity.
Omg, wtf?
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,..." - Nancy Pelosi
Movements are publicly viewable.
I, sir, do my movements with the door locked and the window shade drawn. No one wants to see that.
...the populist uprisings are going to eventually come to our shores, this is why they're bringing the troops home
This is much funnier if you read it with the voice of Dale Gribble. :-D
Or the "Cancer Man" from The X-Files...
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
Not to worry, you'll have a fine time proving that your name is on the list...
Of course they are using U2 or something similar. Do you expect spooks to have good taste in music?
The OWS are not what they seem.
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
Just a matter of time. Don't you dare mod this as funny; you know it's coming.
Stop insulting the Tea Party. They're on the same side as the rest of the 99%, and you need them.
"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool" - Jane Wagner -
>supremicists
Stopped reading there.
Do you have something against our supreme mice overlords?
You are not a brain: http://books.google.com/books?id=2oV61CeDx-YC