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Originally posted by burntheships
What is in YOUR backyard???
He also called in a Predator B drone.
As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead the next morning, sophisticated sensors under the nose helped pinpoint the three suspects and showed they were unarmed. Police rushed in and made the first known arrests of U.S. citizens with help from a Predator, the spy drone that has helped revolutionize modern warfare.
But that was just the start. Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said.
www.theblaze.com...
an unarmed Predator B (MQ-9 Reaper) drone, which belonged to the border patrol.
He said the men on the ranch were carrying rifles, so law enforcement stood down for the night.
The next morning, the predator circled 2 miles above and, with its highly advanced sensor system, ascertained that the ranchers were unarmed. Police then swooped in and made arrests.
This was the first time that the predator — an unmanned aerial vehicle that has become the global symbol of America’s “War on Terror”
??? Well do we????
do we trust the Federal Government with this nearly
omniscient type of information and power. www.nj.com...
The previously unreported use of its drones to assist local, state and federal law enforcement has occurred without any public acknowledgment or debate."
National attention has focused on a story about a sheriff in North Dakota who called in the reinforcements and an Air Force Predator Drone MQ-9 Reaper to assist in surveillance of a farm and six stray cows. The farm was owned by Rodney and Susan Brossart. And the Brossart family was known locally for being armed and apparently anti-government, hence the need for all the government resources.
This is part of a pattern by the Obama administration of bringing highly sophisticated military technology developed for war and deploying them against Americans www.nj.com...
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by Drunkenparrot
Well...you really have to ask yourself....??? Well do we????
do we trust the Federal Government with this nearly
omniscient type of information and power. www.nj.com...
The previously unreported use of its drones to assist local, state and federal law enforcement has occurred without any public acknowledgment or debate."
National attention has focused on a story about a sheriff in North Dakota who called in the reinforcements and an Air Force Predator Drone MQ-9 Reaper to assist in surveillance of a farm and six stray cows. The farm was owned by Rodney and Susan Brossart. And the Brossart family was known locally for being armed and apparently anti-government, hence the need for all the government resources.
This is part of a pattern by the Obama administration of bringing highly sophisticated military technology developed for war and deploying them against Americans www.nj.com...
Your all good with that?edit on 17-5-2012 by burntheships because: (no reason given)
reply to post by SeriousIndividual
The answer is they're not and never will be. Quit getting on these threads and acting like something is 100s of times more of a big deal than they are.