1. The FAA Reauthorisation Act signed into law by President Obama earlier this year means that unmanned drones will be moving from foreign military theatres into American skies at a rapidly accelerating pace - an estimated 30,000 by 2020. The first American to be arrested by a domestic police force with the assistance of Predator drone technology was an anti-government “sovereigntist” named Rodney Brossart who was detained on his property in South Dakota using what his attorney described as “guerilla-like police tactics”.

    — Clearing the path for future tyranny - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

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