US Agency Seeks New Authority to Disable Threatening Drones

The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday told Congress that the agency needed new legal authority to track threatening drones and disable or destroy them if necessary. Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that DHS needed "clear legal authority to identify, track and mitigate drones that could pose a danger to the public and to DHS operations." "Our enemies are exploring other technologies, too, such as drones, to...

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