Discuss “Government creates dragonfly spy drones”

In case Tasers are getting old, protesters have something new to fear: dragonfly spy drones. Over the past month, the drones have been spotted at rallies in New York and Washington, D.C., as reported in The Washington Post.

These drones are basically dragonflies with cameras, allowing them to scope out collapsed buildings, guide missiles, or even capture the faces of political deviants — and it’s this last item that worries us. Why does the government feel the need to videotape, and presumably identify, those who speak out against its policies and actions? Why is the government afraid of its people? Now protesters have to worry about the government watching them even more often, in even more varied ways.

Government agencies have been...