Drones Flying the Friendly Skies
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2014
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
As the US is reeling from disclosures about NSA eavesdropping on Americans, will commercial drones create fears of more snooping, this time from the skies over our homes?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.8 | Drones coming soon to a neighborhood near you. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Judy Mueller, sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:20.4 | a daily look at the issues |
| 0:21.7 | Americans care about most. Unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are commonly associated with the military, |
| 0:28.6 | but commercial drones are already here. The FAA has selected six sites around the country for testing |
| 0:34.6 | civilian versions of drone aircraft. The upside? Drones could be used |
| 0:39.2 | for search and rescue missions. But what are the downsides? Privacy advocates worry they could also |
| 0:44.6 | be used for surveillance. And isn't our airspace crowded enough? On today's talking point, |
| 0:49.9 | former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made a reputation for being bipartisan, unemotional, not anymore. |
| 0:56.3 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:15.6 | . |
| 1:16.6 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:26.6 | I'm Judy Muller sitting in for Warren Only, back with To the Point. |
| 1:31.2 | Coming up, drone technology is improving and becoming more affordable. |
| 1:35.6 | The commercial market could be huge. |
| 1:37.8 | This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is featuring new models that are very attractive to photographers and journalists, |
| 1:44.8 | not to mention law enforcement. But there's already pushback from privacy advocates. What are |
| 1:49.8 | the downsides of drones? On today's talking point, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has |
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