Posted on 06/09/2012 12:18:55 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
The Obama administration has been widely criticized for its increased reliance on drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but according to published reports, a plan is now in the works to harness tiny drones to spy on U.S. citizens. A 30-page memorandum issued by President Barack Obama’s Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley on April 23 has stated that the drones, some as small as golf balls, may be used domestically to ‘collect information about U.S. persons.’ The photos that the drones will take may be retained, used or even distributed to other branches of the government so long as the ‘recipient is reasonably perceived to have a specific, lawful governmental function’ in asking for them.
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Considering how incompetent government is, most of these things will break within a week.
Or inject you with neurotoxin.
If they are small they are difficult to notice and if the cameras are anything at all, they can stay out of range of gunfire. A small drone 100’ in the air would not even be noticed most of the time.
Can you shoot something with the agility of a dragonfly ?
My 12 gauge will handle it.
Anything transmitting a signal can be tracked........doesn’t matter how high or small....
Reminds me of this, only $300 and anyone can buy it.
http://www.brookstone.com/parrot-ar-drone-2-quadricopter?bkeid=compare%7cmercent%7cgooglebaseads%7csearch&mr:trackingCode=D42C0D3E-BE67-E111-B2BE-001B21A69EB0&mr:referralID=NA&mr:adType=pla&mr:ad=6403226004&mr:keyword={keyword}&gclid=CPK3vOCowbACFQrf4Aodt1xOVg
And here comes his Chinese caddy with a million in cash to help him buy votes, er, I mean, golf balls.
All that time I spent on sporting clays might come in handy after all.
It would probably be equipt the same even if it wasn’t it would strike fear in citizens to have the same effect or at least that’s what the stooges think !
“Anything transmitting a signal can be tracked........doesn’t matter how high or small....”
I take it then we could purchase some sort of tracking device that monitored a certain distance in and around our property.
I’m certainly not the tinfoil type. But, when you take stuff like this and add some other data points, such as the fact that the Census Bureau collected a GPS fix on every doorway in America, you have to fear for your country, and your countrymen.
#8 lead shot, right?
Gotta get to Wally World today...
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I wish that SOB would keep his drones outa my backyard.
I believe it has something to do with your choice of insurance carriers.
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