War-zone surveillance comes home as Predator drones fly loops over Arizona border towns
Military-grade Predator drones are conducting surveillance flights over Arizona border towns as part of Operation Ardent Vanguard. The collaboration between the military and the Department of Homeland Security has raised concerns among privacy advocates.
An Army drone like those frequently flown in overseas warzones has been flying along Arizona’s southern border, doing loops around border towns, as part of a collaboration between the military and U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has privacy advocates concerned. Under Operation Ardent Vanguard, the military operation overseen by the U.S. Northern Command to […]
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