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FBI Is Behind Mysterious Flights Over US Cities
New submitter kaizendojo sends a report from the Associated Press indicating the FBI has a small fleet of planes that fly across the U.S. carrying surveillance equipment. The planes are registered with fictitious companies to hide their association with the U.S. government. The FBI says they're only used for investigations that are "specific" and "ongoing," but they're often used without getting permission from a judge beforehand. "Some of the aircraft can also be equipped with technology that can identify thousands of people below through the cellphones they carry, even if they're not making a call or in public. Officials said that practice, which mimics cell towers and gets phones to reveal basic subscriber information, is rare." The AP identified at least 50 FBI-controlled planes, which have done over 100 flights since late April. The AP adds that they've seen the planes "orbiting large, enclosed buildings for extended periods where aerial photography would be less effective than electronic signals collection."
How about you take ownership of yourself, your family, neighbors friends and communities, learn about voluntary association and non use of force...
and then tell your useless unnecessary government rulers and tax, spend and enrichers to the poverty and control of the people... to fuck off.
Worked pretty good in 1776, and needs to happen again.
I have been tracking this myself for the previous two weeks. I have identified 97 aircraft by N number from the FAA database that are registered to 15 non existent entities like "NG Research" and "RKT Productions". The bulk purchases of Cessna 182T aircraft started in 2010. Several sequentially serial numbered 182's are licensed to different FBI shell companies. Mostly, the fleet consists of 182's and Cessna 206's. There are also a couple of helicopters and a Cessna Citation V jet.
Personally, it has been interesting to me watching this story break in the popular media as my information is clearly more complete than what is in the AP story.