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Serve The Servants

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Wed May 23, 2012, 09:32 PM May 2012

Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones. [View all]

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.

Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle against illegal immigration. But now, these drones are starting to be used domestically at an increasing rate...

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/05/23/groups-concerned-over-arming-of-domestic-drones/

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Replace "Groups" with "Conspiracy theorists and NWO believers." TheWraith May 2012 #1
the ever more invasive police state - count on it HERE in the USA nt msongs May 2012 #3
True, but... Serve The Servants May 2012 #4
Drones firing rubber bullets and tear gas. yikes.. think May 2012 #6
How cool, now they can be used to fire tear gas at WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2012 #2
Badge numbers. Serve The Servants May 2012 #5
+1 woo me with science May 2012 #8
Kind of sad to think that the tradition crack of club on skull NoPasaran May 2012 #11
The FAA currently does not allow armed aircraft ManiacJoe May 2012 #7
Those are little more than technicalities. Zalatix May 2012 #10
Everything is a technicality by that standard. ManiacJoe May 2012 #12
Kick woo me with science May 2012 #9
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