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BREAKING: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director

 
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BREAKING: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director
As President Obama prepares to nominate a new FBI director, the bureau is coming under rising pressure from lawmakers to explain the limits of its recently disclosed drone fleet.

Civil liberties-minded senators on both sides of the aisle have fired off sharply worded letters and statements in recent days criticizing the FBI for deploying surveillance drones without clear guidance on how to protect privacy rights.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the latest to scrutinize the bureau, sending a letter on Thursday to outgoing Director Robert Mueller asking a string of questions about his agency's drone use.

"I am disturbed by the revelation that the FBI has unilaterally decided to begin using drone surveillance technology without a governance policy, and thus without the requisite assurances that the constitutional rights of Americans are being protected," Paul wrote.

Mueller acknowledged Wednesday, during a Senate hearing, that the bureau has a limited number of drones that it uses for surveillance on U.S. soil. He stressed they are used in a "very, very minimal way and very seldom."

The use of non-lethal drones for surveillance purposes is rapidly getting off the ground among local law enforcement agencies and other groups. Mueller, in acknowledging that the FBI, too, has obtained surveillance drones, said the bureau is in the "initial stages" of drafting rules and regulations for their use.

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., took umbrage at that fact, saying that while drones have the potential to help law enforcement agencies, constitutional rights must come first.

"I am concerned the FBI is deploying drone technology while only being in the 'initial stages' of developing guidelines to protect Americans' privacy rights. I look forward to learning more about this program and will do everything in my power to hold the FBI accountable and ensure its actions respect the U.S. Constitution," he said in a statement.

The issue is likely to follow Obama's new nominee to lead the FBI, Jim Comey. Obama plans to nominate the former federal prosecutor on Friday.

[link to www.foxnews.com]

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Re: BREAKING: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director
Something that is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Re: BREAKING: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director
FBI is NOT federal - they are Private like Federal Express
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Re: BREAKING: FBI under pressure to explain drone use, as Obama names new director
FBI is NOT federal - they are Private like Federal Express
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