Historic filibuster renews bipartisan focus on drone expansion
Posted on AllSides March 7th, 2013
From The Right
It's one of the few remaining issues that can bring Democrats and Republicans together -- fear of unchecked government drones.
Sen. Rand Paul's historic 13-hour filibuster has drawn renewed attention to a technological expansion that would have been unthinkable a decade ago, and new legislation that's meant to rein it in.
While the Obama administration increasingly employs armed drones as a pivotal counterterrorism tool overseas, domestic law enforcement agencies are also moving to broaden the use of surveillance mini-drones o