In the News US officials ground drones over espionage fears
“I wouldn’t want a Chinese server operating our nuclear system,” says Paul Rosenzweig, a senior fellow at the conservative R Street Institute who served as a US Department of Homeland Security official during the George W Bush White House years.
Yet Rosenzweig and others say that the drones seem benign. The aircraft fly over wildlife areas and parks and are unlikely to collect sensitive data. “It is an acceptable risk,” Rosenzweig says, adding: “I don’t think drones covering Yosemite National Park are a real threat.”
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