Arial drone surveillance of the American people.
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A recent story by Jack Gillum, Eileen Sullivan and Eric Tucker of the Associated Press states that the FBI is operating secretive State-side surveillance of the American population. As a way of circumventing protections guaranteed by the First Amendment, piloted planes operating under the guise of fake or shell companies indiscriminately collect data. Whereas State-side surveillance by aerial drones is considered a violation of the First Amendment, this is not the case with human operated surveillance equipment. What is described as a small air-force of low flying planes are equipped with state of the art video and cellphone surveillance technology. The Associated Press tracked over 100 flights operating in 11 or more States during the previous month. Aspects of this surveillance program are censored by the Justice Department’s Inspector General and withheld from the general public. While the practice of aerial surveillance is nothing new to the FBI and the companies it operates in secret, the pervasive capabilities of the surveillance technology under deployment are unprecedented.
In the fog of terrorism is the reality of a surveillance State our only reality? This is a difficult question to answer, especially when government is increasingly paranoid about its own civilian population. The next time you see a low flying plane in your neighborhood, turn off your phone and wave hello. These days it’s hard to know who is watching, or why.
To support the journalists, follow Jack Gillum @jackgillum, Eileen Sullivan @esullivanap and Eric Tucker @etuckerap
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