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The Trump Administration's Eye in the Sky

Small drones are becoming the backbone of the Department of Homeland Security's domestic surveillance state.

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Frank Figliuzzi
Dec 26, 2025
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Illustration by Riley Levine

The only resources getting smaller at the Department of Homeland Security are their drones, and that should be a big concern. In a December 17 report in WIRED, we learned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to expand its vast surveillance program by placing smaller, portable drones at the heart of its strategy…

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FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender
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