Sen. Edward Markey (D., Mass.) said today that he and Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) introduced an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 that would protect individuals’ right to privacy against “unwarranted governmental intrusion” through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by prohibiting law enforcement to use drone craft to surveil or collect evidence regarding a violation of the law without a warrant.  Exceptions to the amendment would include the patrolling of national borders, an imminent danger to life, and “high risk” of terrorist attack.

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