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14 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 72 (2012-2013)
Drones and Privacy

handle is hein.journals/cstlr14 and id is 72 raw text is: COLUM. SCI. & TECH. L. REV THE COLUMBIA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LAW REVIEW VOL. XIV STLR.ORG FALL 2012 ARTICLE DRONES AND PRIVACY Timothy T. Takahashi, Ph.D. The Los Angeles Times recently reported the first instance in which militay drone aircraft participated in the arrest of United States citizens on United States soil. A Customs and Border Protection Predator B drone played a ke role in the arrest of Rodney Brossart and his three sons at their North Dakota ranch. With the conclusion of the Second Gulf War, pressures mount to utilize surplus drones and other quasi-military drone technology on the home front. This monograph summarizes the known facts of the Brossart case, describes the capabilities of military surveillance drone aircraft, and discusses whether a case similar to Brossart could serve as a catalyst fur Supreme Court action. If such a case were appealed, the Supreme Court could issue a judgment articulating a new standard controlling how the Fourth Amendment governs robotic surveillance. Introduction......................................74 t This article may be cited as http://www.stlr.org/cite.cgi?volume=14& article=2. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. *-- v3-~-, Z - r%% 72 [Vol. XIV