Domestic Use Of Aerial Surveillance Drones By Law Enforcement Likely To Prompt Privacy Debate

From Rebellion:

Jan 24, 2011 (yesterday)Domestic use of aerial drones by law enforcement likely to prompt privacy debatefrom feed/http://lsrebellion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default by Old RebelOne message we push frequently is the relationship between an aggressive foreign policy and an authoritarian domestic policy. Mainstream conservatives who cheer on any and every military operation swear eternal opposition to a powerful central government that abuses our rights -- yet by supporting the former, they're also supporting the latter.




Here's the latest case in point:





The drone technology that has revolutionized warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan is entering the national airspace: Unmanned aircraft are patrolling the border with Mexico, searching for missing persons over difficult terrain, flying into hurricanes to collect weather data, photographing traffic accident scenes and tracking the spread of forest fires.



But the operation outside Austin presaged what could prove to be one of the most far-reaching and potentially controversial uses of drones: as a new and relatively cheap surveillance tool in domestic law enforcement.



Let's not forget that powerful leftists are allied with the Department of Homeland Security to quash domestic dissent -- and if you're for gun rights, home schooling, and against abortion, you're considered suspect.