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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] NC -Drones watching citizens from above
  • Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:58:21 -0700 (PDT)

They are unmanned, much less expensive, much less liability, much more
intrusive. There is of course, already private applications ...bobf


--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Jeanne Driese <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Jeanne Driese <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] NC -Drones watching citizens from above
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 12:55 PM
> Here in TN "they" have had aerial detection of
> marijuana for all the years I have lived here. Last month
> one of the helicopters flew around my corner of the county
> for over an hour! Nothing more annoying than one flying
> low! Wonder if the new ones are silent?
> Jeanne
> tnhillwoman
> North East TN zone 6
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bob ford
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 2:05 PM
> Subject: [Homestead] NC -Drones watching citizens from
> above
>
>
> " In a scene that could have been inspired by the
> movie "Minority Report," one North Carolina county
> is using a UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) equipped with
> low-light and infrared cameras to keep watch on its
> citizens. The aircraft has been dispatched to monitor
> gatherings of motorcycle riders at the Gaston County
> fairgrounds from just a few hundred feet in the air--close
> enough to identify faces--and many more uses, such as the
> aerial detection of marijuana fields, are planned. "
>
>
>
> http://news.cnet.com/Drone-aircraft-may-prowl-U.S.-skies/2100-11746_3-6055658.html
>
>
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