NSA now sending EVERYTHING on the web to their crony government collaborators?!!!------FAA Scans the Internet For Drone Users; Sends Cease and Desist Letters

FAA Scans the Internet For Drone Users; Sends Cease and Desist Letters - Slashdot:
"An anonymous reader writes with this news from Carl Malamud's Government Attic:
"The FAA has released a set of cease and desist letters sent in 2012 and 2013 to people operating drone vehicles for a variety of purposes including: tornado research, inspecting gas well stacks, aerial photography, journalism education, and other purposes.
Drone cease and desist letters sent during 2014 are available from the FAA upon request."
The text of the letters (bureaucratically polite, but bureaucratically firm) often starts with notes indicating to the UAV operators to whom they were sent that the FAA became interested in them because it "became aware of" their web sites, or even because someone tipped them off about an article in a community newsletter.
The letters go on to outline the conditions under which the FAA allows the operation of unmanned aircraft, and specifically notes......"