Drones Over Texas: Unmanned Surveillance for Flesh Eating Parasites The US government's redeployment of hundreds of drones from border surveillance to screwworm monitoring in Texas has sparked controversy.
On one hand, the unprecedented cooperation between the USDA and CBP is a welcome effort to tackle this invasive threat to local wildlife and livestock.
However, as we examine this development more closely, concerns about the long term implications of our expanding surveillance state come to the forefront.