What were they doing over Canandaigua?!
Drugs or terrorism seems like the most likely candidates.
Maps Showing Where FBI Planes Are Watching from Above
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#12Map shows right over my house, the conspiracy theorist in me says 'they're watching me!'
If a circle is dead center around your house then you are probably not the focus. Check out the gifs lower down after the San Bernardino attacks. The locations they were investigating -- mosque, workplace, home of Farook -- are all offset from the center for the best combination of angle / proximity.
Edit: Also, check out Los Angeles (if that's not where you are from). They are swarming LA! I'd be weirded out if I was in LA and NOT near activity.
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#13For anyone who wants to see the live data for themselves, go to http://www.adsbexchange.com/, click 'Global Radar View'. Then click 'Menu', 'Options', 'Filters', then enable the 'Interesting' filter.
It's a Sunday, so there's not too much activity. However there's currently an FBI Cessna circling west of Washington D.C. [0] There's also a plane gridding east of LA. [1] It's registered to Dynamic Aviation Group out of Virginia, a company that provides aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), among other things. [2]
[0]: http://i.imgur.com/8c0RQ9H.png
[1]: http://i.imgur.com/Yki2UTs.png
[2]: http://www.dynamicaviation.com/flight-solutions-and-services...
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#14Good on the FBI/DHS, I say. Not everything is a conspiracy.
It doesn't have to be a conspiracy to dislike it. Also, they tend to keep these actions secret, which doesn't bode well for government transparency and government trust.
Agreed. Circling surveillance planes are unsettling no matter if it is routine or not. I believe they should have warrants for these and maybe they do, maybe they don't. There is not enough transparency to know (even just a report of the number of investigations and outstanding warrants in cities or districts would be enough).
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#15The huge circle in Northern Virginia West of DC: is that George Mason University?
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#16Map shows right over my house, the conspiracy theorist in me says 'they're watching me!'
Well, they are... the question is: are they "collecting" you?
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#17Good on the FBI/DHS, I say. Not everything is a conspiracy.
It doesn't have to be a conspiracy to dislike it. Also, they tend to keep these actions secret, which doesn't bode well for government transparency and government trust.
Aren't the flight data and plane registrations public information?
Wouldn't it be dangerous to fly a plane "in-secret"?
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#18I have to admit, https://buzzfeednews.github.io/2016-04-federal-surveillance-... is not something I would expect from Buzzfeed. Huge surprise.
I really think Buzzfeed is on to something. It's far more palatable to see an entertainment site foray in to legitimate journalism than to see a respectable news outlet stoop to clickbait headlines.
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#19I have to admit, https://buzzfeednews.github.io/2016-04-federal-surveillance-... is not something I would expect from Buzzfeed. Huge surprise.
This comes up every time a buzzfeed article shows up on HN, but they have a real journalism arm now. That's what's producing this.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
It doesn't have to be a conspiracy to dislike it. Also, they tend to keep these actions secret, which doesn't bode well for government transparency and government trust.
Aren't the flight data and plane registrations public information? Wouldn't it be dangerous to fly a plane "in-secret"?
Planes can be registered to companies and the companies contracted by the agency/agencies. Those can be dry leases (without crew), allowing the agency to have operational control without ownership of the plane/registration.
Of course, all of this supposes that it's important enough to be secret. It actually helps secrecy to fly some of these missions openly, meaning it's harder to find the ones that are clandestine.