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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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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