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OnlinePoker

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10. They can stay in the air a lot longer.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 06:30 PM

Jul 2013

If you're surveilling a suspect, this might be a useful tool, especially (being this is a report about the FBI) those suspects cross jurisdictional boundaries.

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FBI Reports Using Drones 10 Times On U.S. Soil [View all] ProSense Jul 2013 OP

One time a drone was used I heard was... Tx4obama Jul 2013 #1

Well, at least for now they are still unarmed. I guess we should be thankful for that much. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #2

Thanks. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #3

Well, that's encouraging. kentuck Jul 2013 #4

Probably didn't make Rand "drone the liquor store robber" Paul's day. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #5

huh. Guess maybe they think we have less terrorists here than yemen and such? but... The Straight Story Jul 2013 #6

Maybe ProSense Jul 2013 #7

What could an unarmed drone do that a helicopter could not? kentuck Jul 2013 #8

They can stay in the air a lot longer. OnlinePoker Jul 2013 #10

Remain unseen. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #11

So? NYC Liberal Jul 2013 #9