Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say 405
netbuzz writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation nine months ago filed a Freedom of Information Act request to prompt the FAA to release the names of government agencies and private entities that have received permission to fly unmanned aircraft over our heads. Nine months later, the FAA has neither released the information nor explained why it hasn't. On Tuesday the EFF filed suit (PDF) to force the agency to do so. Says EFF staff attorney Jennifer Lynch: 'Drones give the government and other unmanned aircraft operators a powerful new surveillance tool to gather extensive and intrusive data on Americans' movements and activities. As the government begins to make policy decisions about the use of these aircraft, the public needs to know more about how and why these drones are being used to surveil United States citizens.'"
Whos asking? (Score:5, Funny)
Not me.. I don't want to be groped and scaned by the tsa or worse by any of those tla alphabet groups for not doing anything.
Citizen moving along, not looking at anything at all. Don't hellfire missile me bro.
Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... (Score:5, Funny)
say it (Score:2, Funny)
Those aren't the drones you're looking for
Get rid of Bush and elect a Progressive (Score:5, Funny)
If we finally get rid of George Bush and elect a Progressive (someone like Obama, who has campaigned on maintaining transparency in government), I think we'll do away with this.
But as long as we keep Bush and Republicans in office, we'll always have these types of issues.
Re:Get rid of Bush and elect a Progressive (Score:5, Funny)
If we finally get rid of George Bush and elect a Progressive (someone like Obama, who has campaigned on maintaining transparency in government), I think we'll do away with this.
But as long as we keep Bush and Republicans in office, we'll always have these types of issues.
This must be the longest-delayed HTTP POST request I've ever seen in my life! Get a better ISP, matey.
Coincidence? (Score:5, Funny)
Acronym hell. (Score:5, Funny)
Omg, wtf?
Re:If they were manned aircraft would it be an iss (Score:2, Funny)
Movements are publicly viewable.
I, sir, do my movements with the door locked and the window shade drawn. No one wants to see that.
Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... (Score:5, Funny)
...the populist uprisings are going to eventually come to our shores, this is why they're bringing the troops home
This is much funnier if you read it with the voice of Dale Gribble. :-D
Re:Whos asking? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why? OWS, for one thing... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Your name's not on the list, friend (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anything outside is public? (Score:2, Funny)
Of course they are using U2 or something similar. Do you expect spooks to have good taste in music?
Re:I wanna be a warlord! (Score:4, Funny)
Outsource remote piloting to Pakistan call center (Score:3, Funny)
Just a matter of time. Don't you dare mod this as funny; you know it's coming.
Re:Nothing but a teabagger (Score:3, Funny)
Stop insulting the Tea Party. They're on the same side as the rest of the 99%, and you need them.
Re:Nothing but a teabagger (Score:5, Funny)
>supremicists
Stopped reading there.
Do you have something against our supreme mice overlords?