Secret Service To Fly Drones Over Washington, D.C.

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Tourists may soon have a new attraction to look at when they visit the nation's capital. The U.S. Secret Service says it will begin flying drones over Washington, D.C., in the near future.

The decision comes just weeks after a small unmanned — and unarmed — drone landed on White House property. In late January, as we've reported, a government employee lost control of the "quad copter," crashing it in the early morning hours.

In a brief statement, the Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president and first family, says it will begin conducting a series of exercises in the D.C. area "in the coming days and weeks." It says they'll be conducted within the normally flight restricted areas of the capital and will be tightly controlled. The Secret Service wouldn't provide any more information.
http://wamu.org/news/15/02/25/secret..._washington_dc




This should end well.

[alismith]

I was thinking the same thing you said above.

I can see it now. The SS will have 8 drones flying around and someone will sneak in a ninth. By the time the SS figures it out, it will be too late. Yup, it'll end well....