Drones and national security for CONUS. Good idea or not so much?

2013-12-04T19:32:25-05:00

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Dec 4 at 2013 7:40 PM

2013-12-04T19:40:05-05:00

Great idea...unless you're trying to hide from something.

Response by SSG Robert Burns made Dec 4 at 2013 7:43 PM

2013-12-04T19:43:55-05:00

Depends....do the pilots get silver stars?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 4 at 2013 7:54 PM

2013-12-04T19:54:15-05:00

I think the purpose of their usage needs to be outlined clearly. I'm not hiding anything, and I don't think the vast majority of American's are hiding anything...but we don't need drones in our own country, conducting recon/ surveillance missions on American citizens. The only way I would consent to their usage is if they were only to be used in conjunction with/or in places that helicopters aren't able to maneuver in - IOT locate criminals or lost person(s). Beyond that, they have no business flying in America. Just my .02

Response by MAJ Laurie H. made Dec 4 at 2013 7:54 PM

2013-12-04T19:54:58-05:00

In all seriousness, I thought this was going to be about Amazon.

Anyway, I don't like it. If nothing else, the benefits would just not worth the public uproar.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Dec 4 at 2013 9:34 PM

2013-12-04T21:34:09-05:00

I like it. Keeps humans out of harms way.

Response by SPC Mikki Ekanger made Apr 9 at 2014 6:03 PM

2014-04-09T18:03:35-04:00

Maybe if you're in a police state. I think you get into a slippery slope and violate the rights of the American People. Regardless of whether I have something to hide or not it's still my right to invoke my 4th, 5th and 6th Amendment Rights. For example, in drug cases if someone is pulling video surveillance there are specific rules you have to follow as to not violate one's privacy rights vs one's reasonable expectation of privacy. If you're parked on the side of the road and someone doesn't close their drapes while they make a drug sale, that would be admissible because it could be seen from a public space and there's no expectation of privacy in public. Now you move that camera to a different vantage point specifically so you can see what is going on and it becomes an invasion of privacy. While anything flying in the air could create the same argument of reasonable expectation of privacy, but drones usually are for the purpose of surveillance, my question would be "Are you putting the drone into the air just so you can see beyond a privacy fence?" To me I would think that the appropriate bases would be covered as if serving a search warrant.

Response by SPC Mikki Ekanger made Apr 9 at 2014 6:05 PM

2014-04-09T18:05:27-04:00

"They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin

Response by PFC Eric Minchey made Oct 1 at 2014 4:04 PM

2014-10-01T16:04:45-04:00

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AnonSec Hacked Drone

Written by: Tiobe After a recent hiatus, hacker group Anonsec says it has successfully hacked an unidentified drone, and still has the drone under its control as of today. “We have been still going through drone data andvideo logs, and soon we will …