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FBI and Homeland Security Not Only Agencies That Want to Fly Drones

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and Homeland Security aren’t the only law enforcement agencies that have gotten permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones in the friendly sky. CNET reports that new documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation from a lawsuit against the feds show that some very small police…

Face of Mexico’s War Against Drugs Dies in Helicopter Crash

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The face of Mexico’s drug war went down in a fatal helicopter crash caused by foggy weather on Nov. 11, reports Bloomberg. Authorities ruled it was an accident and not sabotage as many had suspected. Interior Minister Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico’s point man in the war against drug traffickers, died…