What Obama Just Did To Americans Should Make You VERY Afraid According to recent reports, the Pentagon has been deploying drones to spy over U.S. territory for non-military missions for the past decade. Though rare, these flights are lawful. The report, which comes from a Pentagon inspector general and was made public under a Freedom of Information Act request, claims that these type of missions have occurred fewer than 20 times between 2006 and 2015. The report also notes that the Pentagon takes the use of military drones very seriously. The Pentagon has publicly posted a partial list of the drone mission that have flown in non-military airspace over the United States. There were nine missions between 2001 and 2016, which largely consist with search and rescue missions for floods, fires or National Guard exercises. Sometimes, new technology changes so rapidly that existing law no longer fits what people think it appropriate, Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst for the ACLU told reporters. Its important to remember that the Americna people do find this to be a very, very sensitive topic. The report, which was officially completed in March of 2015, claims that the Pentagon established an interim guidance in 2006 governing when and whether an unmanned aircraft could be used domestically. The policy allowed spy drones to be used for homeland defense purposes in the U.S. and to assist civil authorities. The policy also argued that the any use of these drones had to be approved by the Secretary of Defense. The appetite to use them in the domestic environment to collect airborne imagery continues to grow, as does Congressional and media interest in their deployment, a military law review article notes. Shortly before the report was completed, the Pentagon issued a new policy governing the use of spy drones and requiring the defense secretary to approve all domestic spy drone operations. Unless permitted by law and approved by the secretary, drones may not conduct surveillance on U.S. persons. What do you think of this new report? 