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Drones have been in the headlines, both in Alameda County and nationally. The contrast is striking. One on hand, we have civil libertarians and others worried about the Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern’s plan to buy a $30k unarmed drone for use in surveillance and search and rescue. The notion of a relatively silent drone […]

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