Seems to be some slight of hand going on here...

This thread ***isn't*** about drones being used in military operations overseas... That is a separate discussion...

This thread ***is*** about drones being used over America...

We are going to be seein' more and more uses of drones over the US in the coming years... As JtS pointed out they will be used to monitor farm animals to keep them from polluting fresh water sources... They will be used to look for missing people in national parks, for traffic monitoring, for security of large complexes...

I don't have any particular problem with drones over America as long as they are not used to conduct fishing expedition, warrant-less searches of private peoples property... I think that the first time that someone gets busted as a result of such, where there was no probable cause, that the courts will strike down any convictions and therefore set a precedence that that ain't a proper use of the drone...

B~