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To: America_Right

They are not the “SS” for nothing.


2 posted on 03/15/2012 12:00:03 PM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Chickensoup

“They are not the “SS” for nothing.”

How ironic. I got to be honest thou, I think we spend way too much money and liberties on “protecting the president”. At some point part of the cost of being president has to be assuming the risks rather than expecting the rest of us to give up vast sums of money & liberty to mitigate the same.

Your job as President is to protect our rights not force us to give up them rights to protect you.


53 posted on 03/15/2012 4:36:22 PM PDT by Monorprise
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Drones in U.S. Need to Fly Within Privacy Rules: View
By the Editors - Mar 14, 2012

Consider the Qube. It’s 3 feet long, weighs about 5 pounds and can be assembled in a jiffy. It’s 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


61 posted on 03/16/2012 3:58:09 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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