Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a spy drone...

Notice there is no concern mentioned about these being used against American citizens in a sinister way. What about the potential privacy violation issues?


FAA under pressure to open US skies to drones

Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure's on to allow them in the skies over the United States.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to issue flying rights for a range of pilotless planes to carry out civilian and law-enforcement functions but has been hesitant to act. Officials are worried that they might plow into airliners, cargo planes and corporate jets that zoom around at high altitudes, or helicopters and hot air balloons that fly as low as a few hundred feet off the ground.

Link:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100614/D9GB009G0.html