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FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities

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WASHINGTON — The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the U.S. carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology (www.msn.com) More...

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leon4056
leon tallman 4
this has been going on for 25 years
Pileits
Pileits 3
Oh I feel so safe now that the FBI is involved.
buckeem
Joe Daniel 2
Additional story with more details and pics of operational aircraft.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fbi-is-reportedly-operating-a-small-air-force-to-monitor-americans-2015-6
jaspc
Jose Suro 2
Saw that this morning too. I posted this photo from back on 1/31/15 this morning:

https://flightaware.com/photos/view/4778384-eeb9019bf280cbd20ae18a4e74a9927e0449fd2e/all/sort/date/page/1
lucascr
lucascr 1
(Duplicate Squawk Submitted)

FBI spying from Skylanes

FBI surveillance of cell phones being conducted from small aircraft registered under fictitious corporations. Aircraft orbiting specific areas or cities.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2015/0602/Who-s-behind-mysterious-flights-over-US-cities-FBI
buckeem
Joe Daniel 1
My apologies to lucascr. I was in the wrong.
buckeem
Joe Daniel -1
It did not show up in the search function. Looks like they where submitted around the same time. And what the heck,,,, You have been on FlightAware for 5 years, and your first squawk comment is calling me out on a duplicate???? Did it bother you that much?
dbaker
dbaker 2
Let me clarify -- the user you're replying to posted a duplicate squawk and it was merged here.
buckeem
Joe Daniel 1
Now I feel like a A$$..
david.baker
David Baker 1
https://storify.com/jjwiseman/tracking-fbi-aerial-surveillance

Wiseman has been compiling a list of FBI planes and shell companies.
About 115 planes on the list with about a dozen shell companies.
david.baker
David Baker 1
Enigma has been updating a public table of the planes. I don't know how accurate the table is.

http://blog.enigma.io/track-84-aircrafts-the-fbi-uses-for-surveillance/

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