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Daily Mail
Former spy also reveals he had Osama bin Laden in his sights – but was denied
Daily Mail
That would be a bad thing. We scrapped that. And then we stumbled across the UAVs, particularly the Predator. 'And sure enough, wasn't long before we had the Predator in theater over Afghanistan, the Predator unarmed at the time.

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The secret world of the spy: CIA agent on using his wife to smuggle equipment
Daily Mail
That would be a bad thing. We scrapped that. And then we stumbled across the UAVs, particularly the Predator. 'And sure enough, wasn't long before we had the Predator in theater over Afghanistan, the Predator unarmed at the time.

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60 Minutes Details Clinton Passing on Opportunity to Kill Bin Laden in 1999
NewsBusters (blog)
That would be a bad thing. We scrapped that. And then we stumbled across the UAVs, particularly the Predator. And sure enough, wasn't long before we had the Predator in theater over Afghanistan, the Predator unarmed at the time.

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Consortium hopes $5M outlay lures more Air Force UAV work
Dayton Daily News
“The challenge is it takes a lot of people to fly UAVs today even though it's called unmanned systems,” Andersh said. A combat air patrol of four MQ-1 Predators flying around the clock requires 165 people to keep the UAVs aloft, officials said.

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How drones zoom in on their subjects*
LA Observed
Two California companies, in particular, are being singled out for their work on drones. One is San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which has built 530 Predator drones. The other is Monrovia-based AeroVironment, which builds

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Turkish chief of staff reiterates UAV demand at US visit
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
He also said that he reiterated Turkey's demands for the unmanned aerial vehicles, Reaper and Predator, during the meeting. The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Spokesman Scott McIlnay said Gen. Dempsey and Gen. Özel discussed Turkey's leadership role and

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Drones Over America
The New American
When most Americans think of surveillance drones, it conjures up an image of a Predator drone in a far-off land unleashing a missile against a terrorist suspect. The last thing they think of is a flying surveillance vehicle over their own city.

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House adds additional funds for armed UAV programs
Defense Systems
keep the UAVs in peak condition and ensure there is an abundance of ammunition for their weapon systems, reports Spencer Ackerman at Wired's Danger Room blog. The Defense Department requested about $4 million for the MQ-1 Predator program no longer

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Fear the zombie drone
Salon
When the Pentagon's Joint Spectrum Center analyzed the deployment of Predator drones over the Mexico-Arizona border, it had to examine potential conflicts between the drones and fixed microwave links in Mexico, nearby radio astronomy observatories and
Jobs may come to Springfield with dronesSpringfield News Sun

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Is it Time to Stop Worrying and Love the Domestic Drone?
The Takeaway
"Drone" is becoming an increasingly common word in our 21st-century vocabulary, and to many it strikes a fearful note: it conjures images of stealth Predator drones, or incites concerns about Big Brother–esque surveillance techniques.

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