Activist Post
It appears that some members of Congress are beginning to see the glaring error in their move to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill which allowed for the massive expansion of the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), better known as drones, here in the United States by both the military and law enforcement.
It is not just the glaring privacy concerns (which will only continue to grow as cutting edge technology is deployed) posed by drones which seem to be troubling Representative Michael Burgess, a Texas Republican.
Referring to the FAA reauthorization bill, Burgess stated that it included “this very simple language allowing for the expansion of unmanned aerial vehicles in the national airspace.”
In the Congressional record from June 27 posted by the Federation of American Scientists, Burgess introduced an amendment to the Transportation Appropriations bill which would prevent armed drones from being used in the United States.
