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Drone Flying Near White House Causes Lockdown

Posted by timothy on from the just-want-to-keep-tabs-on-the-civil-servants dept.

stowie writes: The White House was placed on lockdown this afternoon after a man allegedly tried to fly a drone near the building, authorities said. The Secret Service detained and is questioning an individual in connection with a drone flying in Lafayette Park, according to a senior official. President Barack Obama is not currently in the White House and is at Camp David. It's the second drone incident at the White House in 2015. Also covered by CNN.

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  1. Come on, that's across the street by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That park is across the street from the White House. I get flying around/over the White House premises, but a park seems like a pretty normal place to fly those things.

  2. Ruining it for the rest of us by captaindomon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What makes me mad in this case is that the pilot is ruining it for everyone else. Every time an idiot does something like this, it's going to contribute to locking down the ability for everyone else to fly them.

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    Just because I can hook a shark from a boat, I do no offer to wrestle it in the water.
    1. Re:Ruining it for the rest of us by arth1 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      What makes me mad in this case is that the pilot is ruining it for everyone else. Every time an idiot does something like this, it's going to contribute to locking down the ability for everyone else to fly them.

      I'm good with that. I don't want have to build an opaque dome over my property to keep privacy. And I don't want to become collateral damage of a drone strike either.

  3. To all the idiot drone users... by Last_Available_Usern · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please don't fuck up recreation drone use for the rest of us.

    Sincerely,

    The rest of us