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		mirimir on Aug 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across... Somehow I didn't think that it was OK for the US military to operate domestically. According to the Posse Comitatus Act. But I see that there's an exception for surveillance. Charming.

ptero on Aug 3, 2019 [–]

I think you are spot on and I am pretty sure Pentagon bureaucrats take PC very seriously. That is why I suspect it is either a test for eventual use overseas (not operational deployment), or DHS is ready to take over

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