[aklug] Legal protection from drone surveillance

From: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>
Date: Sat Jun 30 2012 - 16:52:37 AKDT

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Hopefully this qualifies as on-topic, but I want to point out a bill
that recently was introduced in the House, called the Preserving
Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012:

https://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h5925/show

Basically, it is a bill that requires the Feds to get a warrant before
they are allowed to spy on citizens with unmanned drones. The basic
idea is to pre-emptively prevent the U.S. from turning into a police
state, where the government can spy on anyone they wish using
low-flying drones.

That may sound rather sci-fi, but it really isn't: the technology has
received heavy application in the military, as well as some scientific
and other civilian uses. It is a fairly easy step to bring them into
law enforcement use.

So, if that sounds like a concern to you, then you might consider
e-mailing Don Young through his Web form
(<http://donyoung.house.gov/Contact/>). There is also a Senate version
of the bill, I believe.
(<http://gcn.com/articles/2012/06/14/congress-rand-paul-warrants-for-domestic-drone-surveillance.aspx>)

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