{"id":16405,"date":"2012-06-13T18:27:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=16405"},"modified":"2012-06-13T18:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:27:58","slug":"sen-paul-proposes-bill-protecting-americans-from-drone-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/06\/sen-paul-proposes-bill-protecting-americans-from-drone-surveillance.html","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Paul proposes bill protecting Americans from drone surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, which would require the government to get a warrant before using aerial drones to surveil U.S. citizens.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16406\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Rand-Paul-Republican-Senator-Kentucky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16406\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Rand-Paul-Republican-Senator-Kentucky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rand Paul - Republican Senator Kentucky, Tea Party Member, Libertarian conservative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More broadly, Paul&#8217;s bill is aimed at preventing &#8220;unwarranted governmental intrusion&#8221; through the use of drones, according to the lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like other tools used to collect information in law enforcement, in order to use drones a warrant needs to be issued,&#8221; Paul said Tuesday. &#8220;Americans going about their everyday lives should not be treated like criminals or terrorists and have their rights infringed upon by military tactics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bill, <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/images\/stories\/blogs\/flooraction\/jan2012\/s3287.pdf\"><strong>S. 3287<\/strong><\/a>, would require the government to obtain a warrant to use drones with the exception of patroling national borders, when drones are needed to prevent &#8220;imminent danger to life&#8221; or when there are risks of a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Drones-Group-photo-of-aerial-demonstrators-at-the-2005-Naval-Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle-Air-Demo-wiki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16407\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Drones-Group-photo-of-aerial-demonstrators-at-the-2005-Naval-Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle-Air-Demo-wiki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drones - Group photo of aerial demonstrators at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo (wiki)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bill would also give Americans the ability to sue the government for violating the act. And, it would prohibit evidence collected with warrantless drone surveillance from being used as evidence in court.<\/p>\n<p>While drone surveillance in the United States would undoubtedly prove controversial, the use of drones is currently a topic of international concern. Some Democrats have said the use of drones to disrupt terrorist networks is hurting America&#8217;s image overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the United Nations is considering an investigation into drone airstrikes inside Pakistan, which could focus on the rate of civilian casualties caused by these attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congress has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to move toward allowing drones to fly alongside commercial aircraft in U.S. airspace by 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FAA is planning a pilot program to test fly drones in six locations, but will not set the rules for what the unmanned aircraft can be used for.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement agencies and state and local governments have expressed a strong interest in unmanned aircraft, and are being courted as potential customers by the booming drone industry.<\/p>\n<p>There is opposition, however, from groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that have raised concerns about the impact of the drones on privacy.<\/p>\n<p>FROM &#8220;THE HILL&#8221; &#8211; <em>By Pete Kasperowicz &#8211; 06\/13\/12 09:10 AM ET<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/232489-sen-paul-proposes-bill-protecting-americans-from-drone-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/232489-sen-paul-proposes-bill-protecting-americans-from-drone-surveillance<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><strong>PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cFILED UNDER\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE TOPICS TO TAKE YOU TO SIMILAR POSTINGS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Posted by Donna Calvin \u2014 Wednesday, June 13, 2012<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this Watchwoman post on your Facebook page, Linkedin, Google+1, Twitter to all your friends, Please click \u201cLike\u201d, Share, and Leave Comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Word Warriorette, a free Yahoo Group, and subscribe to be notified (one email a day) of new posts on Watchwoman.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<h6><em>DISCLAIMER: Beliefnet puts paid advertisements on \u201cWatchwoman on the Wall\u201d blog site including some that would never be approved of by the King James Bible, Pastor Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Church, What\u2019s Right-What\u2019s Left Radio Ministry, the Voice of the Christian Resistance, Geauga County Right to Life and Donna Calvin.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrwl.org\/\">www.WRWL.org<\/a> do not condone, endorse, adhere to, practice or believe in many of the topics and some of what other bloggers promote or their religions at Beliefnet.\u00a0 However, Mrs. Calvin has no control of what Beliefnet displays.\u00a0\u00a0 She blogs at Beliefnet because she is in the missionary field ministering to true believers posting articles and commentaries informing pro-life, conservative Christians of recent anti-Christian acts and hostile legislation to God\u2019s Agenda and His Will for the world.\u00a0 Hopefully, unbelievers will read these along with the salvation message of Jesus Christ as written in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, according to the King James Bible, and be saved.\u00a0 A missionary must go into the unbelievers\u2019 territory to reach them.\u00a0 Her mission is to Proclaim Warning to a Nation that has forgotten their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only Truth, the Life, and the only Way to the One God the Father.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, which would require the government to get a warrant before using aerial drones to surveil U.S. citizens. &nbsp; More broadly, Paul&#8217;s bill is aimed at preventing &#8220;unwarranted governmental intrusion&#8221; through the use of drones, according to the lawmaker. &#8220;Like other tools&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3613,507,352,7,3100,599,1331,705,827,5333,257,1430,1920,101,565,14,2838,806],"tags":[5339,5336,5338,5334,3707,3706,5335,5337,5340],"class_list":["post-16405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4th-amendment-unlawful-search-seizure","category-aclu","category-airlines","category-america","category-big-brother-is-here","category-big-government","category-conservative","category-government-2","category-law-enforcement","category-libertarians","category-military","category-news-2","category-taking-america-back","category-tea-party","category-terrorism-2","category-u-s-congress","category-wake-up-america","category-warning","tag-commerical-aircraft","tag-drones","tag-faa","tag-preserving-freedom-from-unwarranted-surveillance-act","tag-privacy","tag-rand-paul","tag-s-3287","tag-sue-government","tag-warrent"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sen. 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