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Obama Approves 30,000 Spy Drones Over America As US Police State Tightens Once again, another shocking story that threatens the personal privacy of US citizens has been kept from us by our politicians and the mainstream media. President Obama last week signed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2012. Tucked inside the legislation is a provision that could have far-reaching implications in the coming decade: widespread civilian use of unmanned aerial drones. Until now, the use of unmanned drones has been tightly regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Use has mostly been restricted to government agencies, and applications for private use were considered on a case-by-case basis. As of last summer, the FAA had only approved about 100 applications from private parties to fly unmanned drones. But that’s about to change. According to the New York Times, the new legislation mandates that the FAA begin allowing the use of small drones (under 4.4 pounds) by law enforcement within 90 days. And the agency must overhaul its drone regulations by September 30, 2015, including allowing more widespread use of drones by private parties. Read More
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Obama Approves 30,000 Spy Drones Over America As US Police State Tightens

Once again, another shocking story that threatens the personal privacy of US citizens has been kept from us by our politicians and the mainstream media.

President Obama last week signed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act of 2012. Tucked inside the legislation is a provision that could have far-reaching implications in the coming decade: widespread civilian use of unmanned aerial drones.

Until now, the use of unmanned drones has been tightly regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Use has mostly been restricted to government agencies, and applications for private use were considered on a case-by-case basis. As of last summer, the FAA had only approved about 100 applications from private parties to fly unmanned drones.

But that’s about to change. According to the New York Times, the new legislation mandates that the FAA begin allowing the use of small drones (under 4.4 pounds) by law enforcement within 90 days. And the agency must overhaul its drone regulations by September 30, 2015, including allowing more widespread use of drones by private parties.

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    Please tell me that word of this did not JUST get to tumblr NOW. I’ve known about this for a couple weeks, now. D:
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    “hoping to change regulations to ensure they won’t be abused”…. won’t be abused? are you shitting me? people, especially...
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    get your slingshots out
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    …Im just gonna go ahead and call BullShit untill i see proof that Obama acutally did this and this isn’t just a lie to...
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    There are some okay points in the article, but over-all I find this unbelievably creepy.
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    Hey Chris, um, remember those rapidly flying tiny airplanes flying around our area that one night? Maybe this is...
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    We just need to continue building our own drones. It’s not that hard, and not that expensive.
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    TW3 WAKE UP…! YOU BETTER GET THIS GUY OUT BEFORE IT REALLY IS 1984
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    Same story in Germany.
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