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Where Are the 63 Drone Sites Approved by the FAA in the U.S.?

Earlier this year, Congress passed a bill that would open the sky to private, military and commercial drones by 2015. But news revealed through documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request shows for the first time who exactly is already authorized to fly drones in the United States.

The Calgary Herald reports the FOIA request made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation showed more than 50 non-military agencies have asked for approval to launch drones. The Daily Mail reported the FOIA revealed 63 active drone sites within the U.S — some of which may be surprising:

Most of the active drones are deployed from military installations, enforcement agencies and border patrol teams, according to the Federal Aviation Authority.

But, astonishingly, 19 universities and colleges are also registered as owners of what are officially known as unmanned aerial vehicles.

It is thought that many of institutions, which include Cornell, the University of Colorado, Georgia Tech, and Eastern Gateway Community College, are developing drone technology.

There are also 21 mainstream manufactures, such as General Atomics, who are registered to use drones domestically.

FOIA Request Reveals Where Active Drones Sites Are Within the United States

The Daily Mail explains red flags show active sites and blue show those locations where licences have expired since 2006. (Image: EFF via Daily Mail)

Of those with permission to fly drones domestically, the FAA has granted 42 public entities Certificates of Authorizations (COAs). Sixteen of COAs were reported to have expired and four were not approved. Private drone manufacturers, which are given Special Airworthiness Certificates (SAC), include 21 active locations and 17 inactive.

Here’s what the EFF says is left unanswered for now:

For example, the COA list does not include any information on which model of drone or how many drones each entity flies. In a meeting with the FAA [Thursday], the agency confirmed that there were about 300 active COAs and that the agency has issued about 700-750 authorizations since the program began in 2006. As there are only about 60 entities on the COA list, this means that many of the entities, if not all of them, have multiple COAs (for example, an FAA representative [Thursday] said that University of Colorado may have had as many as 100 different COAs over the last six years). The list also does not explain why certain COA applications were “disapproved” and when other authorizations expired.

See the full list of those with COAs here and the full list of those with SACs here. It is reported the FAA will soon release the type of drones at these locations in a second round of compliance to the FOIA.

As for the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act passed by Congress earlier this year, it is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama with measures for the regulation of testing and licensing of drones, according to Press TV. The news agency stated that some estimates believe the commercial drone market in the U.S. will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, with more than 50 companies already developing more than 150 drone systems.

The Blaze has reported several instances where drone technology has already been becoming more mainstream for local police departments and by private drone hobbyists. In January, a Texas man flying his small unmanned aviation system spotted what he called a “huge stream of blood” coming from an animal packing plant, which he then reported to authorities. We’ve also reported on historian Francis Fukuyama’s interest in amateur drone operation. A separate FOIA request late last year revealed the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism division was looking to drones for law enforcement and an image later seen in Brooklyn showed drone activity was already in progress.

(Related: Aerial ‘Shadowhawk’ police drones can now deploy tasers and  tear gas)

We’ve also shown media and protesters have also found uses for small drones equipped with cameras to capture otherwise hard-to-film footage.

Note: This is story has been updated since its original posting to include more detailed information. 

Comments (178)

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:49am

    Hmmm…I remember building multi-stage Estes rockets as a kid. Looks like I should of hung on to a few.

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:22am

      No problem, buy one now.

      http://www.estesrockets.com/

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:35am

      I smell a CIVIL LAWSUIT company, and rightly so. This goes against our Constitutional right to privacy, even if the drone is in the air. THIS GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL PEOPLE! What is wrong with all of you that you are not calling and screaming at your local politician????????? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL? Are you just accepting all of this? WHY? As long as it does not affect you? THEN IF THIS IS SO, YOU DESERVE A COMMUNIST STATE!

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:41am

      The New World Order is watching you. Now sit down and shut up. Be a good “trendy” american. Watch plenty of Fox. Lick tons of boots.

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:10pm

      buy a vintage anti aircraft gun

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    • SageInWaiting
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:17pm

      So did I… I think they would frown on building a fully functional “model” Patriot missile battery or ground-launched AIM-9 Sidewinder.

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    • tharpdevenport
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:23pm

      I support God’s Israel!:

      Because the DEmocrat ones will IGNORE YOU. The Republican ones will give some excuse and say they can’t do anything. The Conservatives will tell you they’ll try, but that’s under everything else they have to do.

      Overwhelm the system = mission accomplished.

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    • WellingtonStarr
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:13pm

      Better yet, build bigger, better ones using Christmas wrapping paper tubes. Several years back I experimented to see if I could build them for free using common materials, which I did. The wrapping paper tubes were where I started. I used to load them with bottle rockets for that “M.I.R.V.” effect, or black powder. The “payload” could always be “improved.”

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    • recoveringneocon
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Guess who Voted and Supports this? None other then “ The Great Patriot Allen West” Oh yes the so called Conservatives Hero. Enemy of the Constitution, People and the Republic. Can you say goodbye to the 4th Amendment?

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:55pm

      Hey Recovering, He also supported HR 347. I‘m suprised this one hasn’t gotten much press. Think about it… it’s just a ruse. Not only is their 1st ammendment rights blatantly taken away. They charge activists with a felony, thereby taking away their 2nd ammendment rights as well. So… St. Allen West not only said it’s ok for the government to spy on you. Ship you off somewhere for who knows how long. But he’s also voted to take the guns away from people excercising their first ammendment rights, if they’re too close to the Secret Service. Tea Partiers should really think about that.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:58pm

      EndTheFed has it right: welcome to 1984+ 28… you may want to believe that a university is useing these for academic purposes- and they probably are: they’re studying you and your reaction to being observed 24/7 and creating an air of complacency in our attitudes. All for good ol Uncle Blackbeau.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:15pm

      Are any of you seeing the whole picture yet? The Patriot Act, NDAA. Both parties are responsible for this, not just the Dems. We have it in our power to slam the brakes on and turn our country around, it is voting candidates that take their oath to protect and defend the Constitution seriously. Stop letting the progressive thinkers sway you. The establishment wants its status quo, the status quo is unsustainable, the status quo will take us straight to collapse, the status quo will relieve us of all our liberties. It will not matter if Obama is re-elected or if Mitt Romney is elected. The status quo will continue.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDJEc92d38&feature=youtu.be watch the entire video!

      There is only one candidate that the establishment doesn’t want, they have used all their resources to label him a kook, and black his message out from all the media. You have to quit listening to all the lies. This has been happening for a long time now and their goal is almost accomplished.

      We need a President with vision, someone who believes totally in the Constitution and the rule of law. Someone who would not have signed NDAA, someone who will stop the Patriot Act, someone who cannot be bought by the establishment. We need Ron Paul.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7SHxoztGY&feature=youtu.be

      We better wake up soon or we are going to be toast as a nation and become a country under the control of the IMF and UN.

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    • resme
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:49pm

      Whats the difference in mitt romney and obama? Nothing.

      Mitt Romney top contributors

      Goldman Sachs $564,580
      JPMorgan Chase & Co $400,675
      Bank of America $364,850
      Morgan Stanley $363,550
      Credit Suisse Group $316,160
      Citigroup Inc $286,015
      Wells Fargo $183,100

      Obama Top contributors

      Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
      JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
      Citigroup Inc $736,771
      Morgan Stanley $512,232

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Larry Sabato, UVA Center for Politics, basically threatened Rick Santorum to endorse Romney if he wanted to ever have a chance to run for President again. The gall of these elite jerks. This should tell everyone something. What does that mean that if you do not endorse the establishment pick, you will never have a chance?

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    • Elijah123
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 5:10pm

      What goes around comes around. When the drug cartells and other countries get their hands of this technology, we won’t be worrying about human bomb machines in the U.S. or how many TSA security guards are at the airports. On the ground we won’t secure our borders, in the air, there will be no borders or control. The next time Mexico won’t extradite a American or Mexican without a promise not to use the death penalty, just send in a drone, as with Alawaki and take the crook out. Our Achilles Heel is the examples we set when we follow our law and when we start making exceptions. Its the exceptions others watch and know they can disrespect with immunity, due to the factor of “precedents” and “you did it first”. We really have become the juvenile delinquent on the playground.

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    • wandamurline
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 6:07pm

      They will make bigger and better shotgun targets instead of the clay pigeons. We can all have target practice right at our back yard and swear that they fell from the sky on their own.

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    • Mojoron
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:47pm

      Hey, look at this you f’n a-hole drone, I’ve got a neked secret service agent down here!

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    • Voter_Fraud
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:39pm

      Why did that drone go down in Iran??? Now China may get their hands on it. Thank you Obama for doing that to us….Just like Clinton sold computers with high tech info on them, now China can hit a dime anywhere in the US because of that deal….Thank you Clinton…
      Why isn’t anyone putting this puzzle together. To much truth to swallow…..

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    • db321
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:02pm

      I spoke to one of the Drone Pilots – Mohammed Abdullah Hamza – he said they would not use them to spy on American – He told me he loves Amerrika – he even says Alla Akbar to Amerrika!

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    • Soundman
      Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:34pm

      All the parts are there at most local hardware stores and supplys for recreational hunters , just assemble in your local man-cave/garage.Hobbyests and Popular Mechanic tinkers know what I mean.

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    • Soundman
      Posted on April 25, 2012 at 4:55pm

      I think RESME has found the link where most of the TARP money went.Whats the difference in mitt romney and obama? Nothing.

      Mitt Romney top contributors

      Goldman Sachs $564,580
      JPMorgan Chase & Co $400,675
      Bank of America $364,850
      Morgan Stanley $363,550
      Credit Suisse Group $316,160
      Citigroup Inc $286,015
      Wells Fargo $183,100

      Obama Top contributors

      Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
      JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
      Citigroup Inc $736,771
      Morgan Stanley $512,232

      Besides back to DRONES…what goes up, must eventually come down
      one way or another, more the later in my neighborhood if it comes snooping around.

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:49am

    Why doesn’t the Government just call it what they really want to call it…SKYNET…I mean since the War on Terror is officialy ‘over’..what is the point of this?….TSA?…bomb sniffing dogs on the Subways?…NDAA?
    We, The People have allowed ourselves to become We, The Enemy…

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:53am

      The point is to blow up those of us that manage to escape the FEMA camps.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:19am

      @Texas…I think you may be right…Near where I live in Jersey, there is a new High School called Cedar Creek, in Egg Harbor City…do a search on that…in fact, I asked a guy who works for TSA about it being a Camp and he just smiled and said yes, it could be used that way. Shocking to hear. Guard Towers, long approach, etc..set up strategically and has a defensive posture…check it out.

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:32am

      Since when is it over? It will NEVER be over as ling as there is a citizen left who believes in the constitution, according to Bis Sis.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:40am

      the beginning of this started a long time ago when the air space over our heads was ruled public space and not property of the land owner. my residence had helicopters paid for by the county sheriff being used by the building department flying over everyones homes last year to take pictures to see if we cut down trees without permits or built sheds or barns without them, gross abuse of power invasion of privacy. the county needed the money so they flew over all of our homes and took ariel pictures to take back to the building department to go over permits. every persons home not just the suspected violaters. my take is our freedoms were long gone before these drones.

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    • WatchingThePuppetShow
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:40am

      And let’s not forget the 480 MILLION rounds of .223 Hollow Points the ‘Homeland Defense’ just recently purchased. Last I checked these people are NOT our military so WHY would they need 480 million rounds of .223 especially hollow points!

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    • 321481
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:23pm

      It is my understanding that the UN uses .223 hollow points so why are we buying them ammo? Noticed that the UN human rights people are investigating how the American Indians are treated. Then Obama’s re-election crisis that he will never let go to waste. It is starting to smell to high heaven!

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    • SgtB
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:52pm

      @ MARK0331, Well, I looked at the school you mentioned and a few things do stand out. For starters, there are only 2 avenues of approach to the school and it is surrounded by several hundred yards of forest on all sides with what appear to be ~10-20 acre lots with homes surrounding that. Furthermore, when you try to use the birds eye view in Bing, the picture goes from the woods on the south of the school to the street on the north of the school. It completely skips over the school as if it doesn’t exist.

      Of course, I’ve noticed small things in my hometown like that they recently replaced a normal chain-link fence with a fence made up of steel beams that have a menacing looking top on them that I’m sure could impale a person. There was not a need for this fence to be replaced as there were not a rash of burglaries at the football field and the fence was in decent condition.

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  • LogCabinRepublican
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:48am

    Isn’t it funny how there are a lot of drones in Texas – Dallas/Austin to be exact! – Oh Wait aren’t those the two cities the alternate media broadcast from? Glenn Beck of course is broadcasting from Dallas and Alex Jones is broadcasting from Austin – are they afraid of you guys? It sure seems that way! Keep Up The Good Work Guys!!!

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:48am

    Tyrants just don’t know how to say “When.”

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  • WatchingThePuppetShow
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:47am

    Speaking of surveillance — Every American NEEDS to watch this interview!! Pass it on…

    http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/23/more_secrets_on_growing_state_surveillance

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  • LogCabinRepublican
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:46am

    Isn’t it funny how there are A LOT of drones in Texas – Dallas/Austin to be exact! – OH WAIT aren’t those the two cities the alternate media broadcast from? Glenn Beck of course is broadcasting from Dallas and Alex Jones is broadcasting from Austin – are they afraid of you guys? It sure seems that way! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:54am

      Texas is the most well armed Republic in North America.

      Of COURSE they fear us!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:32am

    So now the questions become:

    How long until the drones are armed?
    How long until Obama uses them on US citizens?
    How many drones carry EW gear?
    How many drones are electronic snoops?

    And most importantly:

    How much longer will we tolerate the madman in the White House with his growing communist state being forged about us with iron and steel by the hour?

    IMPEACH OBAMA NOW.

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    • siguy62
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:42am

      I agree with your sentiment, but remember this was passed by Congress… This year. Not a good thing.

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:52am

      The drones are already armed.

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    • shackero
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:06am

      SIGUY62—

      If this was JU!ST passed by congress this year, HOW can the project be so wide-spread in just a few months?

      Looks to me like this program has been in motion and well-funded for a while——-

      Is this part of President Obama’s plan?

      QUOTE:
      “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We‘ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

      -Barack Obama (July 2008)

      Think about that: Just as well funded as the US military? The military budget is, what, $600 billion a year?!—-These drones may be just the tip of the iceberg…………..

      QUOTE:

      “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”

      -Benjamin Franklin

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    • patriotic pony
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:21am

      Just a bunch of frogs enjoying the warm water of the pot.

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    • Enough is Enough__Oath_Keeper
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:56am

      Remember it is not just the madman in the W.H. it is also Congress and Senators on both sides of the Aisle who voted to give authorization for these activities. Man it’s gonna suck having to hold my nose & vote for mittens. The reality is that he is just going to slow down the waking up of the sheep. I’m Almost to the point of saying let it crash and clean up the mess.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:28pm

      This is not just Obama, it is progressives from both sides of the aisle being told what to do by the establishment corrupt corporations. Big government does nothing but get bigger. They will continue until the people stop them. Romney, same thing, backed by those same corrupt corporations that back Obama. He talks a pretty good game to get your vote, but remember, he carries an etch-a-sketch. When will the conservative republican Americans realize this? Stop voting for these big government candidates!

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:32am

    .
    I wonder if I could hit one with my .308?………..

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    • Bocifus
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:58am

      That would be my weapon of choice in an M-10 guise of course. (Quick second shot capability)

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    • crossdraw
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:02am

      You don’t need to bring one down. A round into the optics will render it useless and cost the commies a load of cash to replace. And yes, the wonderful 308 will do the job quite well.

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:30am

      As far as I know there is no law against among a laser at an unmanned vehicle.

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    • Electacon
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:31am

      That would be one hell of a shot if it is patrolling at 10-14 thousand feet or even lower at 5-8 thousand. Or you could go to the high desert above Los Angeles and pick them off while they are still on the ground at General Atomics and Northrup and Boeing.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:43am

      dont you just need a gps jammer to render them completely useless

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    • 0331ABV
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:15pm

      thats a neg, at least for most, the altitude is to high

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:42pm

      Just like shooting birds, lead it about a foot and shoot away.
      A 308 with hollow points or Nosler partitions should take it out.
      Get you neighbors and get in in a crossfire where it cannot escape then when it crashes strip it of cameras, sensors etc.

      OMG 2012

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    • 0331ABV
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Prototype Quadrotor with Machine Gun, not sure if the link will work, just look up on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU&sns=fb
      thought some would appreciate the word passed along, if he has it you know they do and they are most likely bigger

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  • cajunmojo
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:30am

    It is amazing how similar a drone looks like a bird when it is flying high above. That’s my story and I am sticking to it.

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  • sndrman
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:27am

    where are the commies who were yelling and screaming warrant less wire taps….but’s this is okay….oh by the way warrantless wire taps are still happening…..it‘s just that they’re in control… wink wink

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:33am

      Exactly it is only BAD when the others are in control … otherwise crickets. Just like the homeless .. where are the stories about the homeless (?), record foreclosures and we have no homeless? … the MSM will be out in force when Romney elected .. suddenly they will “discover” homelessness in America.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:24am

    Georgia Tech needs a drone to spy on GA’s football program. Coach Johnson, that won’t help.

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    • blackburry
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:23am

      meh, if GT wanted to spy on georgia they‘d just need to find the team’s stash of coloring books.

      in all truthfulness, however, GT has a strong UAV program in their aerospace department. they are typically top performers at college/university level aerial robotics events. i‘ve seen the lab and it’s nothing more than crop dusters and competition helicopters.

      but who knows what goes in in the buildings where DARPA and the other .govs do research on campus..

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:07pm

      Or they could plant a bug in the Athens jail! LOL

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  • SeaTruck
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:23am

    Me to my boss on the phone this morning: “Hey, I’m gonna be late, I took the interstate in this morning and the highway sign flashing, “Predator Drone strike at exit 23. Traffic Re-routed. Expect Delays.”

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  • CulperGang
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:22am

    Whose flying these planes? AMERICANS. Whose locking up farmers? AMERICANS.
    take a good look:
    http://vodpod.com/watch/15849934-a-noble-lie-fresh-look-at-95-oklahoma-city-bombing3-of-3

    BTW the HERO COP in uniform who actually questioned this WAS MURDERED……
    http://vodpod.com/watch/15867748-oklahoma-bombing-cop-assassinated-by-government1-of-3

    The globalist have declared an all out war against We the People. They cannot accomplish anything without OUR co-operation.
    Good news: The euro globalist Eurozone aka European Union IS FALLING APART!!!
    Ordinary Euros are rejecting the unelected czars dictating from a foreing nation(brussels) to their own country. AMERICANS have to reject and enforce any laws that are not from the Constitution.
    Americans have got to stop co-operating!! like Euros.

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    • lisa2994
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:27am

      Yes we do!!! I am not going to give in to these people! Geuss I will be in a lot of trouble.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:39am

      We can’t! We are programmed to want, get and enjoy all the pleasures of life. Stepping up and saying no would put that all in jeopardy.

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  • justangry
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:22am

    Anyone else notice the big wide open hole on our southern border?

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    • Xris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:33am

      Yeah, especially if the blue dots are the expired ones. But I’m sure the drug cartels have them there so no worries.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:26am

      Indeed I did. Reminds me of…. oh, never mind. Ladies don’t have thoughts like that!

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:21am

    I saw one and had it fly overhead on the way to work in Texas! Don’t like it one bit! No more spying on american citizens! Enough!!!!

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  • TheBritshRcmg
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:20am

    The gov is getting ready…..are you?

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:01am

      I’m not!

      I don’t own ANY guns. Honest injun. Sold em all to some guy… I forget his name.

      Those 3,000 rounds I bought last year? Oh, I shot them all. I don’t have any left.

      The 200 bags of quickcrete, rebar, and framing timber I bought two years ago? No, no, I didn’t use that stuff to build a safe room…

      Gold and silver? I don’t have ANY of that old barberous relic!

      Food stored? Nah, I don’t have buckets of nitrogen-cured rice, beans, oats… none of that. And I have no idea how to hunt, make jerky, garden, farm, or gather. I depend 100% on Kroger and HEB!!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:11pm

      42 is the Biblical Number… for Death!

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  • justangry
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:19am

    The Ohio drone seems to be away from all population centers. Over Wayne Forrest and the foothills. Heavily forrested. Curious. I’ve heard there was some marijuana production there during the summer, but I can’t imagine its significant to warrant a drone. There’s some hillbillies in trailors flying Confederate flags. It‘s where I’d go hide if I did anything to have the man come looking for me though. I guess that’s probably it.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:41am

      This is how the antichrist can rule with such ultimate control….theres no where to run and no where to hide. Everybody must be accounted for and in the game. Its coming folks!

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:16am

      Have they designed anything to trick the eyes of those birds yet?

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  • BDan6248
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:15am

    I like how the Blaze decides to use a picture of a Predator drone complete with Hellfire missiles for the headline…

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    • mastice
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:21am

      Thanks to the media, that IS what many people think of when they think of the term ‘drone’ …even though they can be anything from a ‘predator’ to a souped up, steroid munching, hobby airplane. It’s just marketing, and the Blaze isn’t strictly a charity organization after all. (:

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:33am

      Considering the fact that they are military drones being used and this was the photo in the article they referenced it makes perfect sense. Police do not have the money to R&D and build a drone so just exactly whose drones do you think they are using? Never mind that implies you do any thinking. My bad.

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    • babylonvi
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:34am

      They are getting them surplus as the military goes to more advanced models such as the one they just ‘gave’ to the Iranians.

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    • BDan6248
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:36am

      “Considering the fact that they are military drones being used and this was the photo in the article they referenced it makes perfect sense.”

      It doesn’t make perfect sense. The military utilizes a variety UAVs, and many of them have no offensive or defensive capabilities. Here’s a wiki article so you can familiarize yourself with some of them:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle

      “Police do not have the money to R&D and build a drone so just exactly whose drones do you think they are using?”

      No, they don’t have R&D budgets as far as I know, but they do have budgets, and there are fine companies out there that manufacture UAVs for just this use. It took me all of 10 seconds to type “Civilian UAV” in to Google and get this as a result:
      http://www.civilianuav.com/

      “Never mind that implies you do any thinking. My bad.”

      That’s correct. Ad hominem fallacies are bad.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:30pm

      BDAN……checked this out …thanks for info…….pretty spooky

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  • BigSky
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:12am

    Fourth Amendment is under attack and people are just pointing and laughing. Grow up Americans, your freedoms are under attack. America: The Home Of The Slave.

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    • lisa2994
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:23am

      I know! They believe we are just crazy conspiracy theorists!

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  • Sniper48
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:11am

    If Obama wanted to see me sunbathing nude, all he had to do was to ask. We’ll all be looking forward to 1984.

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:02am

      He shows you his ass, you should be willing to show him yours! Seems fair!

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  • oldguy49
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:11am

    practice skeet shooting………..

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    • mastice
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:18am

      Oh yeah! Well, until some nut job decides that ‘robots have rights too’ or some crap like that… and you KNOW that is bound to happen if it hasn’t already.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:39pm

      Copy this Map… as it tells you where the Radical’s think are the Danger Zones!

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  • JustMel71
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:07am

    I find this very odd but where are the hoards of commenters on this story? One comment and now mine?

    “It’s a bird, no it’s superman, no it’s a SPY PLANE.” Feel safer now?

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    • justangry
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:21am

      If you trust the government, then I suppose you’d feel safer. Do you all trust your government?

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    • JustMel71
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:40am

      @JustAngry, I had a little glimmer of hope this morning while watching CSPAN with a democratic caller and the caller was blck. She mentioned the ‘white democrats’ and ‘blck democrats’ are leaving our borders wide open and how unsafe she felt. At last! someone of the democratic side is opening their eyes to the clarity that is right before them. I’m holding out hope more will follow. As for me trusting our govt, that ship has sailed years ago.

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  • jujubean
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:07am

    yes track all racist unamerican of african descent and remove them FREE ZIMMERMAN……

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  • teamarcheson
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:00am

    These drones will be used to capture Amish Dairy Farmers selling un-pasteurized natural milk. The summer months are coming and these drones would be good for finding little kids who are illegally selling lemonade.

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    • Abraham Young
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:18am

      LOL. Good thing the FAA is found in the Con…….oh, wait a minute.

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    • Texas Chris
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:03am

      Bomb the Amish! Those raw-milk selling terrorists!

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:29pm

      I have been dealing more and more with the Mennonites, and staying clear of those Imish.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:33pm

      Hell…..I feel like I’m going to be arrested for growing a garden!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:54am

    Need Work? Join the Forces to suppress the people!

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