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PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Flew <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PredatorDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorDrones</span></a> Over <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a> , Audio Shows.<br> <br>The use of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Predator</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> highlights the extraordinary resources government agencies are putting behind <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveilling</span></a> and responding to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> which started after <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> agents raided a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HomeDepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeDepot</span></a> on Friday. President <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has since called up 4,000 members of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a>, and on Monday ordered more than 700 active duty <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marines</span></a> to the city too.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-</span><span class="invisible">drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> Confirms It Is Flying <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PredatorDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorDrones</span></a> Above <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> To Support <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> </p><p>The statement is the first time CBP has acknowledged the existence of these <a href="https://mas.to/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> flights, which over the weekend were done without a callsign, making it more difficult, but not impossible, to determine what model of aircraft was used and by which agency. It is also the first time CBP has said it is using the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> to help ICE during the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/cbp-confirms-it-is-flying-predator-drones-above-los-angeles-to-support-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/cbp-confirms-it-is</span><span class="invisible">-flying-predator-drones-above-los-angeles-to-support-ice/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Not weaponized...yet!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Flew <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorDrones</span></a> Over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a>, Audio Shows</p><p>by Joseph Cox, Jun 10, 2025</p><p>"The Department of Homeland Security (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>) flew two high-powered Predator surveillance drones above the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiICEProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiICEProtests</span></a> in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/404Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>404Media</span></a> and cross-referenced with flight data.</p><p>"The use of Predator drones highlights the extraordinary resources government agencies are putting behind surveilling and responding to the Los Angeles protests, which started after ICE agents raided a Home Depot on Friday. President Trump has since called up 4,000 members of the National Guard, and on Monday ordered more than 700 active duty Marines to the city too. </p><p>" 'TROY703, traffic 12 o'clock, 8 miles, opposite direction, another 'TROY' Q-9 at FL230,' one part of the ATC audio says. The official name of these types of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorBDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorBDrones</span></a>, made by a company called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralAtomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAtomics</span></a>, is the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MQ9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MQ9</span></a> Reaper.</p><p>"On Monday <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/404Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>404Media</span></a> reported that all sorts of agencies, from local, to state, to DHS, to the military flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests. That included a DHS Black Hawk, a California Highway Patrol small aircraft, and two aircraft that took off from nearby March Air Reserve Base." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-</span><span class="invisible">drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/lqELF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/lqELF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorUAVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorUAVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PredatorClassDrone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatorClassDrone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DroneWeaponization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroneWeaponization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NineteenEightyFour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NineteenEightyFour</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponizedDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizedDrones</span></a></p>