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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
On yesterday morning's FOX & Friends Steve Doocy, Gretchen
Carlson and Brian Kilmeade announced that a Global Hawk Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) had flown across the United States. "It's
the first time anywhere in the United States that one of these
big things has flown on an official air combat command mission,"
Steve Doocy noted. Brian Kilmeade followed up: "Well, you
know what? I love it. They gotta be listening in, listening to
the right people. If they're listening in at my house, they're
gonna be bored to tears." Doocy jumped in to say that he
"wasn't sure" that the drone could listen in, but "they
can certainly see what's going on in your back yard. ... I don't
think you have anything to worry about as long as you're not doing
anything against the law."
Gretchen Carlson expressed skepticism about those people who
are worried about invasion of privacy, saying "You know,
I don't completely understand this whole controversy when people
get all up in arms over the fact that someone may be watching.
I mean, for goodness sake, we don't know who's even listening
to our phone calls. I know, I know that's a big deal and all that
but - aren't you busy in your life and you're worrying about other
things goin' on with your family and stuff like that, not worrying
about who might be watching you and listening to you with a drone.
I don't know. It doesn't bother me."
COMMENT
Well the airheads on FOX & Friends might not be worried,
but the whole idea of some military spy drone silently cruising
above my neighborhood on an "air combat mission" scares
the dickens out of me.
According to the Wikipedia link cited above, at the very least
these drones have a less than stellar safety record, having crashed
several times. They are also equipped with an array of electronic
gadgets that sounds like alphabet soup, the purpose of which is
military surveillance.
First we had the NSA wire-tapping program and now this, a robot
ship equipped with sophisticated snooping capabilities gliding
overhead taking pictures of people in their hot tubs, at their
BBQs, walking their dogs, etc. Since the drone is equipped with
the latest in GPS, it's not inconceivable that it could be set
up to monitor cell phone calls as well.
Big Brother is alive and well and, if the Bush administration
has anything to say about it, coming to your neighborhood really
soon ...
