Rep. Adam Smith expresses concern over the increasing number of drones and criticizes the US government's lack of transparency regarding the issue.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the U.S. government could have been a little bit more open and honest and upfront about what was going on here and about the concerns about it, because this is a major problem. There are so many of these drones now that they are potentially dangerous. Someone could have a bad intent. Smith said, “Well, first of all, nobody knows everything that’s going on.
But, three quick points about this: One, the hysteria is dangerous. As has been pointed out, a lot of these sightings are manned aircraft. Also, there’s a ton of drones up there. There’s a ton of things going on. So, the hysteria around it being a plot around a dirty bomb or an Iranian mothership off the coast, that’s all completely made up. Second thing is, that the U.S. government could have been a little bit more open and honest and upfront about what was going on here and about the concerns about it, because this is a major problem. There are so many of these drones now that they are potentially dangerous. Someone could have a bad intent. What are we doing about it?
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