The FBI Admits to Using Drones for Domestic Surveillance

Verizon and PRISM and drones — oh my.

Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Robert Mueller confirmed on Wednesday his agency owns and operates a handful of drone aircrafts for domestic surveillance missions

Mueller added in his Senate Judiciary Committee testimony that the FBI's use of those drones is "very seldom," while saying it has not yet codified specific rules governing their operation.

Mueller's comments, which come in the midst of an ongoing debate over the government's digital surveillance apparatus, are the FBI's first public admission that it has a drone fleet in operation