Posted on 03/15/2012 11:57:06 AM PDT by America_Right
Last week, President Obama signed into law the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. This law permits Secret Service agents to designate any place they wish as a place where free speech, association and petition of the government are prohibited. And it permits the Secret Service to make these determinations based on the content of speech.
Thus, federal agents whose work is to protect public officials and their friends may prohibit the speech and the gatherings of folks who disagree with those officials or permit the speech and the gatherings of those who would praise them, even though the First Amendment condemns content-based speech discrimination by the government. The new law also provides that anyone who gathers in a "restricted" area may be prosecuted. And because the statute does not require the government to prove intent, a person accidentally in a restricted area can be charged and prosecuted, as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Drones in U.S. Need to Fly Within Privacy Rules: View
By the Editors - Mar 14, 2012
Consider the Qube. Its 3 feet long, weighs about 5 pounds and can be assembled in a jiffy. Its equipped with thermal and high-resolution cameras. It can fly all by itself, for 40 minutes at a time, hovering noiselessly at up to 500 feet. And it films all it sees.
The Qube, made by AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV), is one model in a growing fleet of drones — or, technically, unmanned aerial vehicles — now plying the skies above the U.S., piloted remotely by National Guard units and Customs and Border Protection agents, for just two examples. These machines have proved invaluable in war zones, and their expanding use domestically holds great promise.
But surveillance drones also create daunting privacy concerns. The Federal Aviation Administration now requires government and research organizations to apply for authorization before they can operate such aircraft. A bill signed Feb. 14, however, charges the FAA with speeding up the approval process for new operators and with fully integrating drones into American airspace by Sept. 30, 2015.
As it does so, the FAA, working with other agencies, should take steps to help ensure that drones fly within the parameters of the Constitution.
Read at:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-14/drones-in-u-s-need-to-fly-within-privacy-rules-view.html
Can we shoot them if we see them?
I wonder what inflaming questions get the media thrown in jail or excused from interviews. There’s a storm coming!
It's terrible and becoming worse by the day.
It is eerie; stranger than the “Twilight Zone”.
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