I have no clue how republicans and "conservatives" make laws. A drone is unconstitutional and requires a warrant, a helicopter is ok. Drones are perfectly acceptable in foreign countries, no warrants needed there...???
There is no logic at all to creating yet another republican bullshit law.
http://dprogram.net/2012/06/05/police-using-military-drones-to-spy-on-americans-without-a-warrant/
New documents obtained from the US military by CBS news in Los Angeles reveals that the United States military is using drones to conduct aerial surveillance operations over US soil, which by itself is illegal with a few exceptions.
Once the military collects this data it is then being shared with law enforcement agencies that normally would be required to obtain a warrant to collect such information.
Normally these agencies would be required to obtain a court warrant to be able conduct such surveillance operations on their own behalf.
But since the information is being provided by a 3rd party who gained access to the information that was not required to obtain a warrant law enforcement agencies are able to use surveillance with military drones as legal loophole to circumvent the Constitutional protections that prevent such practices.
The document contains vague language that permits use of military drones in to assist local, state and federal law enforcement for the purposes of “preventing, detecting, or investigating other violations of law.”
The document also outlines in vague terms conditions which allows the Air Force to share intelligence information collected by military drones during routine operations with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
In any of these cases the 4th Amendment Protections Against illegal search and seizure and 5th amendment Due Process violations are being committed illegally by law enforcement and the military.
Air Force spokesperson Capt. Rose Richeson tells CBS news that the Obama administration has already distributed detailed guidelines instructing the military when and where to use military drones to gather intelligence or conduct surveillance for law enforcement purposes.
Capt. Richeson went on to explain that “a court order or warrant is not required in all circumstances.”
Additionally there are 13 different categories a person can fall under which allows the Military to conduct person specific surveillance operations. on a person without a warrant.
Aggravating the situation is the data being collected by the Military is amassed into a massive database and isn’t considered to be “collected” into it is has been “processed into intelligible form” and “received for use by an employee”
Once the data has been “collected” – actually accessed by a real person – it is then stored in a temporary database for up to 90 days during which a decision is made to purge the information from the system or keep it as permanently record.
During that time the military may share the data with several non-military law enforcement agencies including the FBI and various agencies that fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security as well as state and local law enforcement officials.
The operating procedures requires any Air Force Intelligence collected by military drones that reveals information about any threat or crime must be forwarded the federal, state or local law enforcement agency responsible for handling the information..
Furthermore, the documents also reveals that military made be assigned “missions” to conduct operations on behalf of law enforcement.