“With much of Capitol Hill riveted by IRS audits, AP phone records, and Benghazi e-mails, top US scholars gathered to testify in a little-watched congressional hearing that unmanned aircraft carrying cameras raise the specter of a ‘significant new avenue for surveillance of American life,’ as Christopher Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, characterized it for lawmakers Friday. ‘Many Americans are familiar with these aircraft – commonly called drones – because of their use overseas in places like Afghanistan and Yemen. But drones are coming to America,’ he said.”
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