{"id":8786,"date":"2015-06-03T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8786"},"modified":"2015-06-03T20:29:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T01:29:02","slug":"fbi-uses-surveillance-air-force-to-monitor-us-citizens-ap-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8786","title":{"rendered":"FBI Uses Surveillance “Air Force” To Monitor US Citizens, AP Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

FBI Uses Surveillance “Air Force” To Monitor US Citizens, AP Finds<\/a><\/h3>\n

In the wake of the violent protests, looting, and riots that shook Baltimore to its core and left parts of the city smoldering in late April, Benjamin Shayne \u2014 who had just sat down in his backyard to enjoy a radio broadcast of an Orioles game \u2014 inadvertently uncovered a secret FBI aerial surveillance program when he noticed a small plane circling overhead and asked Twitter if anyone could explain the aircraft\u2019s low, circular flight pattern. As it turned out, one of Shayne\u2019s followers had some answers:<\/p>\n

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Scan Baltimore<\/span>\u00a0@scanbaltimore<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anyone know who has been flying the light plane in circles above the city for the last few nights?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pete Cimbolic<\/span>\u00a0@pete_cimbolic<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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@<\/span>scanbaltimore<\/span><\/a> It’s registered to NG Research: http:\/\/<\/span>registry.faa.gov\/aircraftinquiry\/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=539MY\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a> For some other info: http:\/\/www.<\/span>reddit.com\/r\/nova\/comments\/2bgj1p\/plane_circling_over_mcleanlangley_area_last_few\/\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eGXFIKXCgr<\/a><\/p>\n

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That exchange would culminate in a Washington Post article which outlined the \u201caerial support\u201d provided to the Baltimore Police Department by the FBI.<\/p>\n

We went on to take a closer look and, in \u201cMeet The FBI\u2019s Secret Eye In The Sky Overseeing The Baltimore Riots<\/a>\u201d, we postulated that the Cessna\u2019s monitoring the riots may have been equipped with night vision equipment provided by Persistent Surveillance Systems, a company which has worked with the Baltimore PD in the past. Here\u2019s a schematic (via WaPo):<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n

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