S. operatives in May 2011 (Drones). If these drones could take down one of the worlds largest terrorists why would we not use them? Some countries such as Pakistan is objecting to us using them without permission within their air space. So should the U.S. continue to use drones to pursue it's national interest even if it violates another country's sovereignty?.
Its obvious that the U.S is using drones in other countries, but should they be able to spy on us too? In some cases, there may be domestic terrorists. Should the Federal Government have the right to spy on private citizens? My problem with that is, where does the government draw the line? For insistence, they may use it for domestic terrorism, but who defines exactly what that is? The term domestic terrorism is somewhat relative. Each person may have different views on what terrorism really is. In my opinion, I believe that it is unethical for the government to have any power to doing this. It is practically taking away every citizens privacy and violates the constitution. Giving the government this power just sounds ridiculous, and police forces everywhere could be given more authority. For instance, "a non-classified U.S. Air Force intelligence report obtained by KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO dated April 23, 2012 is helping fuel concern, that video and other data inadvertently captured by Air Force drones already flying through some U.S. airspace, might end up in the hands of federal or local law enforcement, doing an end-run around normal procedures requiring police to obtain court issued warrants" (Feldman). Also, "We've seen in some records that were released by the Air Force just recently, that under their rules, they are allowed to fly drones in public areas and record information on domestic situations." says Jennifer Lynch, an attorney with the San Francisco based Electronic Frontier Association, who is looking into various government surveillance techniques.