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Rand Paul to halt Brennan nomination
... CIA director if the Obama administration keeps dodging questions about its policy on lethal drone ... the administration's drone policy during a confirmation hearing this month before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Jon Stewart praises Rand Paul
... (R-KY) for using an "old-school filibuster" to highlight the legality of drone strikes on American ... it would not rule out the use of lethal military force against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil
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Tiny, kamikazi drone/missile crashes into targets
... one of the most bleeding-edge lethal drones available. Afghanistan is the trial by fire ... of the Switchblade, AeroVironment's much-hyped miniature mashup of drone and missile. Most killer drones
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Look what drones over America can do now!
... the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil ... of drones. They are alarmed by the idea that a drone could track citizens through their cell ... Holder's statement that a drone attack could be ordered on a U.S. citizen on American soil
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Privacy advocates petition to shut down drones
... the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil ... could be monitored by a drone run by the Customs and Border Protection Agency in violation of privacy ... to have the controversial drone program suspended pending the development of privacy regulations
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Drones taking to the skies in U.S.
... (LATIMES) — While a national debate has erupted over the Obama administration's lethal drone ... . The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it had issued 1,428 permits to domestic drone
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Congress warned drones would 'chill' Americans' rights
... Privacy Act of 2012, is a good start, but more needs to be done. A drone, for example, can be equipped ... lethal and non-lethal weapons." "In order to prevent abuses associated with the use ... of this technology, a strict warrant requirement needs to be implemented for all drone surveillance, including
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Drones coming to a town near you
... sent from a drone circling over northwest Pakistan. He spots a suspect car, home or gathering. He ... the victim on the ground in Pakistan. Those drone strikes are happening more and more often. According ... to a report released this week by the New America Foundation, there have been 296 American drone
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'The last thing I want to do is kill kids'
... As our air war against terrorists accelerates – with strikes by pilotless drone planes ... , monitoring a live video feed from a Predator drone plane overhead about to strike, ordered a delay. Small ... ." To what extent, I would add, are these drone strikes called off if civilian casualties are anticipated
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Civil rights advocates trying to 'shoot down' drones
... in the state's use of the remote-controlled aerial vehicles. "A rapid adoption of drone technology before ... not encouraging, but I predict the first guy who uses a Second Amendment weapon to bring a drone down that's ... the position of encouraging more drone flights, with the "goal of adapting technology used by the military