
“People often ask me, in terms of my argument about ‘ten steps’ that mark the descent to a police state or closed society, at what stage we are. I am sorry to say that with the importation of what will be tens of thousands of drones, by both US military and by commercial interests, into US airspace, with a specific mandate to engage in surveillance and with the capacity for weaponization – which is due to begin in earnest at the start of the new year – it means that the police state is now officially here.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/21/coming-drone-attack-america
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