Wednesday, January 16, 2013

FAA Has Authorized 106 Government ‘Entities’ to Fly Domestic Drones

That buzzing sound you hear is a spybird watching everything you do...out in the world, at the beach, in the forests, everywhere. In order to effect control, one must first observe. Hey, the killers have to know where you are so they can kill you after all. Common sense really.

CNSNews.com) - Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as drones, within U.S. airspace. “We are now on the edge of a new horizon: using unmanned aerial systems within the homeland,”

House Homeland Security Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Michael McCaul (R.-Texas) said as he introduced the testimony. “Currently,” said McCaul, “there are about 200 active Certificates of Authorization issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to over 100 different entities, such as law enforcement departments and academic institutions, to fly drones domestically.”

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