The era of drones is here, is Canada ready?
Ottawa Citizen
Drones come in helicopter and fixed-wing formats. Some are as small as a model airplane. Others, like the General Atomics MQ-9 (variously called the “Predator B,” or “Guardian,” or more grimly, “Reaper”) have wing spans as wide as 66 feet (20 metres), …

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Intelligence debate between Turkey and the US
Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
The May 16 Wall Street Journal story 'Turkey's Attack on Civilians Tied to US Military Drone' has put more fuel on the fire of an ongoing debate between the government and opposition on the Uludere incident in which Turkish jets killed 34 smuggling …

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Charles Krauthammer and Conor Friedersdorf Reveal How Little they Know About …
Lawfare (blog)
If this sort of paranoia is where Right and Left are going to come together over robotics, we've got a tough few years ahead of us in thinking through the policy issues surrounding domestic UAVs. I'm going to go hard left on you. I'm going to go ACLU.

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Police UAV pilot: A career path less traveled by
Police News
The best way to gain this information, Sprague said, is to get involved in hobby flying RC aircraft. Although this hobby “can be addictive and expensive,” it is the best way to quickly educate yourself in the UAV/UAS operations.

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INTELLIGENCE: Ballooning Surveillance
Strategy Page
The larger UAVs are popular mainly for their mobility and persistence (the ability to stay in the air, over a particular area, for a long time.) Predator and Global Hawk can stay in the air for over 24 hours at a time. Controllers and observers …

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KOB.com

4 On Your Side asks: Are drones spying on you?
KOB.com
So far, no New Mexico law enforcement agencies 4OYS contacted have applied to fly a drone. Down south, drones are being flown by the military, researchers and the border patrol. “The White Sands Missile Range is flying predators, they're flying other …

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The Express Tribune

Shoot the drones
The Express Tribune
By Clive Stafford Smith The question asked by the Foundation for Fundamental Rights (FFR) in its litigation filed in Peshawar last week is why the Pakistan government allows the US to kill its citizens — firing Hellfire missiles from Predator drones …

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WFMY News 2

Hank Crumpton: Life As A Spy
WFMY News 2
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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Daily Mail

Learn the secrets of espionage in 'The Art of Intelligence'
msnbc.com
There were no Mi-17 helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Predators, M4 assault rifles, Glock model 19 pistols, ceramic-plated body armor, inoculations, polygraphs, disguises, cover, or even basic tradecraft. There was no surveillance to avoid, …
CIA agent Hank Crumpton on using his wife to smuggle equipment and how north …Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

CIA agent Hank Crumpton on using his wife to smuggle equipment and how north …
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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