The use of drones by the United States military and its intelligence agencies has been an overwhelming success in overseas operations. However, I am concerned that the success of overseas operations has opened the door to their potential misuse here at home. My main concerns are threefold; air space safety, law enforcement investigative over-reliance, unethical private use of surveillance and civil liberty. Close air safety regulation and coordination must supersede the rush of organizations to operate such aircraft in civil air space. A rush to use drones domestically will result in the inadvertent (or worse - intentional) trampling upon the rights of United States citizens; violations of the 4th Amendment, the 6th Amendment or other legal precedents.
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