WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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The U.S. military, especially the CIA, is relying increasingly on unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” to conduct both surveillance and bombing in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Law enforcement is also using drones for citizen surveillance. Indiana—including Indianapolis, Terre Haute, and West Lafayette—is home to multiple sites of manufacture, research, and support of drones and drone technology. Purdue University is involved, as are several Indiana companies. In today’s feature, we hear from Fran Quigley, IUPUI law professor and drone expert, about the Hoosier connection to drone warfare and what the public can do about it.
