Virginia’s champion of personal privacy, Governor Bob “Vaginal Probe” McDonnell, has called for the use of remote-controlled unmanned drone aircraft by police in the Old Dominion. This is intruguing since many Virginians don’t even like ticket-issuing traffic cameras.
More:
“McDonnell: If Drones Are Good Enough for Afghanistan, They’re Good Enough for Virginia,” Benjamin R. Freed, DCist
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