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Pentagon confirms it has used spy drones in U.S. air space
It turns out that those concerns from some about how the U.S. uses military drones against enemies abroad one day becoming an important issue domestically weren't overblown
A new report reveals the Pentagon has flown spy drones over U.S. territories for non-military missions for roughly a decade. Specifically, the report says the Pentagon flew "less than 20" drone missions between 2006 and 2015
The facts of the domestic military drone program were revealed after the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) filed a Freedom of Information Act request. The response from the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General included a March 20, 2015 report, released to FAS last week, titled "Evaluation of DoD's Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Support to Civil Authorities." Read more...
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