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Published on: 27 September 2010

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Serious questions must be asked about the use of military-style unmanned drones, pioneered in the war in...
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We don't live in a police state, but we are going to be watched by aerial drones

Published on: 25 January 2010

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Extraordinary plans by police in the UK to use unmanned spy drones to monitor antisocial motorists, protesters,...

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