The prospect that thousands of drones
could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the
specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and
bedrooms.
The worries began mostly on the political margins, but there are signs
that ordinary people are starting to fret that unmanned aircraft could
soon be circling overhead.
Jeff Landry, a freshman Republican congressman from Louisiana’s coastal
bayou country, said constituents have stopped him while shopping at
Walmart to talk about it.
“There is a distrust amongst the people who have come and discussed this
issue with me about our government,” Landry said. “It’s raising an
alarm with the American public.”
