FAA investigating Murdoch for flying a drone with a camera on it..

[kpete]

Breaking from Keith Olbermann's Countdown on CurrentTV:
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IdZ5y8-Klk&feature=player_embedded


Forbes also reporting that an ex-airforce official worked with Murdoch to make a drone that could capture cell phone signals, unlocked wi-fi signals, etc. Holy effing crap - Rupert thinks he's his own airforce! Smug bastard - kind makes me think of Borat going, "King of the castle! King of the castle!"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/03/1002910/-Murdoch-Using-Drone-Aircraft-to-Spy-on-US-SERIOUSLY?via=siderec



http://blogs.forbes.com/...

a small excerpt:

The News Corp’s The Daily has a drone that it’s sent out a few times, as noted by The Observer. After The Daily broadcast some incredible footage of Alabama after it was devastated by storms, UAS Vision reported that The Daily owns a MicroDrone MD4-1000. The Daily sent it out again in June to bring back video from Minot, North Dakota after intense flooding there. (Total non-sequitur: Drones can hack cell phones now, you know.)

Taking footage for news-gathering purposes seemed like a commercial use of a drone, which is a no-no, as I understand it. I followed up with the FAA asking if News Corp was one of the companies with an experimental certificate. The inquiry got lobbed to the FAA’s legal department…

“We are examining The Daily’s use of a small unmanned aircraft to see if it was in accordance with FAA policies,” said Les Dorr in an email today. A Daily spokesperson has not yet responded to an inquiry about ownership and licensing of the company’s drone.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/03/1002910/-Murdoch-Using-Drone-Aircraft-to-Spy-on-US-SERIOUSLY?via=siderec

[OneGrassRoot]

1. I really thought this was an Onion headline....

wow.

K&R

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. It is sad when RL turns out to be stranger than the Onion

isn't it? When it comes to Murdoch we crossed into twilight zone territory a few headlines ago!

:hi:

[malaise]

2. Seriously when is Murdoch going to be locked up

Good effing grief!

[woodsprite]

3. So that's another reason they have to obstruct the FAA. n/a

[The Wielding Truth]

6. OMG! That's what I just thought. Republicans.... killing America!

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Actually, given how they think, you are ONTO SOMETHING

and I am serious there.

[seafan]

12. EXACTLY. n/t

[checks-n-balances]

15. My thought too...OMG!! What does FOX "news" say about FAA

shutdown??

I swear, this is too much of a coincidence. UNBELIEVABLE!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Holy effing crap is right! My G-d! Can you imagine what they did with that thing?

This is unfreakin' believable! He has gotten away with so much in the past... stealing elections, hacking voting machines, blackmailing, tapping phones....his arrogance led him to using a drone to do it even BETTER...anywhere in the world! G-d, I hope this takes him down.

[RKP5637]

5. Good example of how far corporations are going, he will not be the last. n/t

[DURHAM D]

7. Not surprising and probably not a problem for him.

He has had a "close" relationship with the CIA and MI6 from the 1950s forward.

Hell, they probably made it for him and gave it to him for free.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. "Beware of the Military Industrial Comlex!!!"

[madrchsod]

11. this shit started when fox stole cnn`s feed of the challenger disaster.

[lonestarnot]

13. Fucking A. No wonder they won't pick up Current in AZ.

[seafan]

14. Murdoch received secret defense briefings in UK; now he's flying a drone over the US.

When will this man be slammed into prison?


Murdochs were given secret defence briefings

By Oliver Wright, Whitehall Editor
27 July 2011

The extraordinary access that Cabinet ministers granted Rupert Murdoch and his children was revealed for the first time yesterday, with more than two dozen private meetings between the family and senior members of the Government in the 15 months since David Cameron entered Downing Street.

.....

On two occasions, James Murdoch and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks were given confidential defence briefings on Afghanistan and Britain's strategic defence review by the Defence Secretary, Liam Fox. A further briefing was held with Ms Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and the Sunday Times editor John Witherow.

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FAA Looks Into News Corp’s Daily Drone, Raising Questions About Who Gets To Fly Drones in The U.S.,

Forbes
By Kashmir Hill

August 2, 2011

.....

The News Corp’s The Daily has a drone that it’s sent out a few times, as noted by The Observer. After The Daily broadcast some incredible footage of Alabama after it was devastated by storms, UAS Vision reported that The Daily owns a MicroDrone MD4-1000. The Daily sent it out again in June to bring back video from Minot, North Dakota after intense flooding there. (Total non-sequitur: Drones can hack cell phones now, you know.)

Taking footage for news-gathering purposes seemed like a commercial use of a drone, which is a no-no, as I understand it. I followed up with the FAA asking if News Corp was one of the companies with an experimental certificate. The inquiry got lobbed to the FAA’s legal department…

“We are examining The Daily’s use of a small unmanned aircraft to see if it was in accordance with FAA policies,” said Les Dorr in an email today. A Daily spokesperson has not yet responded to an inquiry about ownership and licensing of the company’s drone.

Using drones for news-gathering seems like a pretty cool idea, though it’s easy to imagine the robot paparazzi future that Ryan Calo fears. While FAA regulations may currently prohibit such a use, the agency is planning to revisit — and possibly relax — those regulations this year, potentially making it easier for private companies to fly the friendly skies with drones.

.....

Meanwhile, Republicans refuse to reauthorize funding for the FAA. Any relation??



Eric Holder, get off your @$#%$^&*#$%^# @$$ and arrest Rupert Murdoch. NOW.

[Mnemosyne]

16. K&R

[Blue Owl]

17. Next we'll find out Murdoch has his own Mini-Me

n/t