Nicholas West
In a matter of just a few years, we have gone from drones in American skies being a conspiracy theory, to drones being openly debated by Congress for full deployment over the U.S. by 2015. However, you know things have gone to a new level when establishment media begins covering the full range of privacy-ending capabilities employed by drones matched with biometric databases … inside America. A recent Associated Press article, reposted at major corporate media sites such as Business Insider, surprisingly grasps the near totality of what is being planned in much the same way as we have been covering in the alternative media for some time. Entitled, “Drones With Facial Recognition Technology Will End Anonymity, Everywhere,” citeste si comenteaza …

Susanne Posel
Attorney General Eric Holder has further clarified his comments to Senator Rand Paul in the letter he wrote a few days ago. When Holder spoke about the “extraordinary circumstances” in which President Obama could authorize “lethal force” be used on Americans in the US, he meant that Obama was empowered by the “2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists” (AUMF) to assign military to patrol American streets as a matter of routine. AUMF was a collaboration of the Congress and the US Armed Forces to battle against the attacks on 9/11. According to the text, the AUMF empowers the president when “acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise citeste si comenteaza …

La inceputul lui 2012, Congresul Statelor Unite a cerut Administratiei Federale a Aviatiei (FAA) sa dezvolte un plan de integrare a dronelor (sisteme civile de zbor fara pilot) in spatiul aerian domestic pana la data de 30 septembrie 2015. Ce inseamna pentru comunicatea internationala si pentru americani utilizarea dronelor? In majoritatea situatiilor, americanii sprijina utilizarea dronelor in cazurile domestice de aplicare a legii. Spre exemplu, 80% dintre cetatenii SUA sprijina folosirea dronelor in misiunile de salvare, 67% sunt pentru utilizarea acestei tehnologii in urmarirea criminalilor si 64% sunt de acord cu controlul granitelor tarii impotriva imigrantilor ilegali. In acelasi timp, 67% dintre americani citeste si comenteaza …

Susanne Posel
In September, according to a poll taken by mainstream media, a third of Americans are highly concerned about the increasing use of drones by local law enforcement and governmental agencies. As Congress pressures the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow for domestic routes for aerial drones by 2015, there is growing support from corporate entities that claim unmanned aircraft will enable them to secure profits and monitor otherwise difficult locations. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International(AUVSI) are the “leading global organization representing the views of the unmanned systems and robotics community.” citeste si comenteaza …