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Obama Wants His Drone Back

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From ABC:










On the reason of the "interception"




As for the top secret drone itself...







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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:11 | 1972236 user2011
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:16 | 1972253 Ahmeexnal
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Euro might not survive christmas:




This means war with iRan will be launched before christmas.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:51 | 1972365 mophead
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:06 | 1972427 pods
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:19 | 1972469 Iam_Silverman
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:27 | 1972489 nmewn
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"Already happening according to a recent Drudge Report link."

I wonder how an .06 or 7mm works on em.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:38 | 1972520 TruthInSunshine
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:07 | 1972588 nmewn
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Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:11 | 1972600 The Big Ching-aso
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A drone droning about a drone.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:14 | 1972604 nmewn
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You lose your puppy or sumpin?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:32 | 1972636 Triggernometry
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C'mon, give it back!


Pretty Please??

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:35 | 1972773 Atlas_shrugging
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:48 | 1972797's picture


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:16 | 1973531 Bicycle Repairman
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:40 | 1972641 Doña K
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:58 | 1972819 Oh regional Indian
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Too bad it's now always about fighting and killing.






Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:19 | 1973132 Element
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:14 | 1972841 Ahmeexnal
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:46 | 1972900 Bartanist
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Would explain the lack of damage, eh?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:52 | 1972903 old naughty
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Entertainment at its best. Absurd, said ORI.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:16 | 1973129 Element
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Bazza, you sure you want this back?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:31 | 1973148 BigJim
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 08:35 | 1973242 bombimbom
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:35 | 1973627 BigJim
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Nice mischaracterisation of my post.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:58 | 1974160 Ahmeexnal
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Those are interesting thoughts bombon.
The other option is turning into a caliphate.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:37 | 1972656 Yen Cross
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 I always pay attention. +1  Patience is a virtue?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:26 | 1972755 trav7777
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:04 | 1972828 Yen Cross
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:39 | 1972892 Ahmeexnal
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Makes sense now.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 04:52 | 1973042 NidStyles
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:24 | 1973137 BigJim
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Aimed straight up?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:24 | 1973577 msamour
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 05:38 | 1973071 hunglow
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Hooper: That's a twenty footer.
Quint: Twenty-five. Three tons of him.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:28 | 1972490 Paul Bogdanich
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:01 | 1972649 Mr Lennon Hendrix
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We asked for it back.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:20 | 1973097 Potemkin Villag...
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We asked for it back.

Exclusive breaking News!...

Ahmadinejad's reply...

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:01 | 1972696 sosoome
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The entertainment value is priceless.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:28 | 1973102 ToNYC
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:50 | 1972805's picture

It's at the Alamo. In the basement.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:48 | 1972981 covsire
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:47 | 1972669 Cathartes Aura
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:29 | 1973104 ToNYC
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Occupy mylar-lined tents.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:49 | 1972800 OldPhart
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:25 | 1972949 ServingMyKing
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:06 | 1973084 smore
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That bird won't fly!

The Dead Drone sketch
By Pepe Escobar







CIA spook: Nononono, no, no! It's resting!


[CIA spook hits the joystick]

CIA spook: There, it beeped!


CIA spook: I never!!

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:26 | 1973141 Element
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:53 | 1973173 fajensen
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:56 | 1972563 Cabreado
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The Simpleness of lies and their destructive force, so forgotten.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:14 | 1972605 NewThor
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The simple fact is...


another thought,





Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:28 | 1972630 TruthInSunshine
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:41 | 1972662 Royal Fleming
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those things are old tech....join the 21st  nano about a swarm of them over Iran..try shootin one of them down..or hackin em...future bitchez...

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:25 | 1972754 erg
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How about nano-tech RFID dust.

Last chance saloon for free humanity.

Anyone ever see the bigdog in action? Creepy. Relentless.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:01 | 1972694 Cabreado
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I'm sure that there are some good sci-fi writers, but it seems you misconstrued my comment.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:25 | 1972863 NewThor
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I was not disagreeing with you, sir.

Just adding another simple fact to your simple fact.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:58 | 1972566 mophead
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In a war scenario you can have it both ways. "Uh, no sir, that was not one of our drones that blew up all those innocent Americans, it must of have been the Russians". We will go to war with Russia. I've been saying this for over a year here on ZH.

I believe this card explains the predator drones:


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:33 | 1972963 Freddie
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The thing looks fake.  The web has plenty of pictures of that model and it is looks somewhat like it but not that close.   Why is the teleprompter islamic lying?

I wonder if FoxConn cane make a home teleprompter game like the RockStar home game?  You can make all these BS speeches like the islmo puppet.  Say lines like "eat your damn peas!"

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 03:19 | 1973002 Capt Tripps
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Does stupid hurt?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 05:04 | 1973048 StychoKiller
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Sadly, it doesn't seem to be painful to the carrier. :>(

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 09:05 | 1973306 prole
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Lol not much I can add to that, but if the teleprompter is so Islamic, why doesn't he just ring up his fellow Mohammedin Amedinejad, and ask him for his frisbee back?

I believe it is in Islamic law that if a Moslem brother ask for help you must or somehow ~will?!~ provide it.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:01 | 1974172 Ahmeexnal
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Yeah, tell that to the Sunni and Shiite. Brotherly love, like Cain.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 04:04 | 1973020 e2thex
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There's a different game being played here.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:22 | 1973101 IamMarla
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it has a dent on the left wing ridge and several scratches. it was for sure hacked and had a system interrupt. the thing fainted and fell out of the sky onto some kind of soft ground. The Swiss asked politely for the US to have it back in private last week. It is one of the toys the US would have liked to keep quiet with its shark skin cloaking capabilities. the thing likely does not need a battery or power source. I have to laugh because it has nothing to do with the present American Administration at all. It has to do with a defense department in the throws of defections and corruption and likely much more. fun to watch from afar.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 08:43 | 1973253 Momauguin Joe
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"Asking for the drone back" is so ridiculous that what initially smelled like a Trojan Horse is now plain as day.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:01 | 1972409 mophead
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This means war with iRan will be launched before christmas.


My sources told me that something significant would occur on or a couple of days before christmas. Without any details given, it might be the Euro crisis or war with Iran, or both. Though I lean towards a Euro crash or beginnings of a crash. I stated this on ZH on December 1 2011.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:25 | 1972485 Ahmeexnal
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Something significant to be announced tomorrow near Geneva.

G-d particle is now being mass produced.

Pb + Higgs -> Au + X

Transmutation bitchez!

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:07 | 1972587 mophead
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Let me add a little more. The plan/plot is intended to spoil Christmas so as to start the new year on a bad foot (which is putting it lightly). 2012 is intended to be very tense. Though I believe the hammer will drop after Obama is re-elected.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:55 | 1972909 Ahmeexnal
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I think Ogolfer needs major unseemingly never ending war before elections. It's the only chance he's got to give 4 more years of Hope and Change.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:16 | 1972940 Bartanist
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Yes, according to Lindsay Williams, Obama has promised everyone that there will be war with Iran no later than Sept/Oct of 2012. The Teleprompter needs it to ensure his election victory because no sitting president has EVER failed to get re-elected during a major war. 

However, the hope is that all of the covert sabotage the US and Israelis are pressing on Iran will cause them to get mad and strike out. Then the US will falsely claim Iran is the aggressor and attack. Most likely if Iran does not strike out another false flag event will be play-acted by the US government and Israelis and that will be the excuse. (the odds on favorite is for the US government false flag event to happen in Atlanta)

The biggest question is whether it will be WWIII and how extensive it will be. The Russians have already armed the Iranians with high speed missiles to take out the US ships in the Perisan Gulf and outside the Straits. So, the navy will be used as a sacrifice to the Teleprompter's re-election campaign.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:59 | 1972991 Tom Servo
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I have always assumed the war would be the pretext to declare martial law / a draft of all unemployed folks and college loan, government debt slaves.  Oh by the way, we're cancelling the November elections until this rough patch is ironed out.  Win / Win / Win.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:56 | 1974150 Faulkner
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Why Atlanta?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:56 | 1972560 Chupacabra-322
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Just paraphaseing Gerald Celente but doesn't hey say something to the effect of "when all else fails they take you to war". 

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:58 | 1972567 americanspirit
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December 24 is the dark of the moon. Ideal time for aerial attacks. Merry Christ-what-a-mess y'all.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:20 | 1972733 CompassionateFascist
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The Euro could go almost anytime...but the Iran War is not yet. Right now there's one US Carrier Battle Group in the eastern Med, one in the Persian Gulf. Not nearly enough firepower, even with an Israeli add-on, to prevent Iran from shutting down the Hormuz Straits, hammering the oil terminals, and killing the dollar. When it goes to 2+2 CBG's, maybe 2+4, some combination like that, then it's BigWar. Still won't work....but ZOG is determined to try.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:31 | 1972766 trav7777
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Syria goes first...then Iran.

To do Iran is going to require some kind of uprising that we can "defend" and some kind of signon from "the Arab League" and shit like that.

Once we build the coalition for cover, we move.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:08 | 1972829 Ahmeexnal
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Something is wrong in the picture. There's no way China+Russia will sit this one out.

Why take out the long range missile R&D lab and then have the media declare that the explosions must have been an accident.

iRan would not admit their site was demolished by foreign forces (pride, major sin) so they just never aknowledged the fact.

Will that be used as cover when iRanian nukes "accidentally" explode in situ?

Then we will have the MSM racist media declare "See, we told you brown people should not play with nukes. Now lets go over and take Paki's nukes before they blow themselves up like the ayatollahs.".

This way iRan is taken out, without a real declared war, negating China+Russia the cover to enter in iRan's defense.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:12 | 1973513 Bicycle Repairman
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Catholic Christmas?  What's the other one?  Unitarian Christmas?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 12:05 | 1974200 Ahmeexnal
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Now go back to your trailer and keep watching "Dancing with the Stars".

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:50 | 1972371 SHEEPFUKKER

Please return it, or I'll start bombing for reals. Sincerely yours, Obummer. 

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:17 | 1972464 erg
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I think the literally heartless ghoul Cheney suggested the same thing. How old is this tech exactly? It seems that by the time we ever get a wind of such things it's 10 or 20 years old.

By now they're probably totally autonomous and able to communicate with each other.

That's crazy.

Batshit DARPA crazy.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 07:47 | 1973165 Element
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Yep, it looks like it's pre-desktop PC old. Would not surprise me if it really is old.

I read a few years back that LockMart were examining the feasibility of developing a prototype F-35 version that was fully autonomous, with the weight and space savings from having no regular cockpit or pilot support system and avionics, then used to support a tactical laser.

And this possibility is clearly not out of the question because at about the same time the USN did in fact develop and demonstrate an autonomous refueling system for fighter jets, where the pilot no longer had to do the refuelling, the F/A-18 did it all by itself.

And the implications are that this means is you have an large unmanned low observable autonomous refueller, and a flight of autonomous F-35 fighters, with lasers or JASSM-ER stealth cruise missiles circling off your maritime EEZ 24/7 ... and you probably wouldn't know it.

Which therefore means, expect a lot more anti-satelite weapons and anti-drone systems and tactical lasers to appear, to deal with them quickly.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:21 | 1972474 European American
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Did you say "start bombing for reals" or "start bombing for Israels?" or is that what you meant, were implying, cuz they're just frothing at the mouth for any excuse to get rid of those "revisionists".

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:50 | 1972982 saiybat
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Obama makes another address to Iran

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:51 | 1972376 chunga
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When the "facts" come out it will be learned that the drone was on a humanitarian mission and Obama will earn another Nobel peace prize.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:52 | 1972377 SilverRhino
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I would pay real money to see President Ahminijihad (or however it's spelled) say that on Iranian national television.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:10 | 1972723 DaveyJones
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he wants his approval rating back too

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 03:34 | 1973013 mr_T
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Finders keeperzz biatch.

Thatz like.. a peeping tom taking pictures and videos of ur wife and knocking on the door to get your gear back after they ripped it out of the wall. At first I thought it was a hoax. Now I believe they really do have it. How did they get it in one piece... Electronic RF hijacking? This is much more embarrassing than the U2 incident.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 04:07 | 1973025 gangland
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Obama wants his groove back. fixed.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 06:31 | 1973105 Papasmurf
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Clawbacks bitchez!

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:11 | 1972238 sunnydays
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I Love it.  Can't wait to get one at Wal- mart!  I will wait in line for that!

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:43 | 1972343 TheFourthStooge-ing
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No need to do that; will have them by the end of January.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:12 | 1972447 holdbuysell
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Just be careful of those overzealous mobs. If a woman used pepper spray to get an Xbox, what will some consider using to get a (used to be) top secret drone?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:13 | 1972242 Catullus
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Oh man.  if it could deliver the mail....

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:21 | 1972269 Ahmeexnal
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And fetch beers from the corner convenience store.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:32 | 1972309 Mae Kadoodie
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And scratch my ass.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:05 | 1972423 Teamtc321
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With a few adjustment's, I would name it Robo Blow Jo..........

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:21 | 1972473 Iam_Silverman
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"if it could deliver the mail"

I wonder if it hasn't already delivered a message of some sort.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:29 | 1972495 Ahmeexnal
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Take me to your leader.


Tue, 12/13/2011 - 05:59 | 1973081 Potemkin Villag...
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if it could deliver the mail....

That's what it was doing in Iran in the first place...

It was delivering a 'Happy Kwanzaa' card from the TOTUS & his wife to Ahmadinejad...

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:16 | 1972252 savagegoose
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lol you can have it back, w're flying arounbd washington, all you have to do is hack it,  check out  some of our recent photos...

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:31 | 1972306 scatterbrains
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not cool man.. i clicked on the link and now some defense algo has me patterned as person of interest for visiting ZH/Ron Paul/Whitehouse building google satellite view.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:41 | 1972337 Bwahaha WAGFDSMB
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Whew, thanks for the warning.  I was about to click the link when I saw your post.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:06 | 1972832 geekgrrl
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Dude. Everyone in the country already has a very thorough dossier, and ZHers get the nice red folders. :-)

What I find not cool is all these damn drones. I heard a story this morning that some folks "stealing cattle" (yes cattle) that wandered onto their farm in North Dakota were busted by drones. Terrorism? Hardly. A legitimate dispute. Yet the police immediate go to the drones. It never was about those muslims, it was always about keeping Americans in line. It's about the militarized police state. It's about the American Nazi's that never went away at the end of WWII, who have taken over the country and yet nobody seems to notice. It's just mind boggling. IMO, oathkeeper/militia folks are in the crosshairs; this is just a practice run. Ultimately, they are coming for all of us, anyone who dares to speak up. But at the end of the day, well, I take that back, pretty much any time of the day I'm a loudmouth muckraking speaking-truth-to-power sort of person. So I'll see you in the camp?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:01 | 1972919 old naughty
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Good one, GG. So, needs to know how to use the aya-to-la guards to control the masses.

Lo-tech transfer. Done.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 02:27 | 1972956 geekgrrl
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LOL. You can worry about Iran all you like. I'm much more concerned with the douchebags who think they're running this place.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:09 | 1972439 European American
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Hey Look, there's Barry getting cornholed by Reggie on the WH roof.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:30 | 1972633 calgal
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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:57 | 1972818 OldPhart
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How is it that GoogleEarth blocks out the buildings (and Antartica), but Google itself lets you count the Secret Service Agents and where they're staked out?

Maybe the HS should raid Google as a terrorist accomplice.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:17 | 1972255 JustObserving
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What is the chance that US will return a drone violating US airspace? The audacity of hope never ceases to amaze me.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:33 | 1972292 DormRoom
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zero chance of Iran returning drone to US>


Iran will give the drone to China. And China will continue to U.N. veto, and protect Iranian interests.


Pakistan gave China pieces of the downed stealth blackhawk used to kill Bin Laden  Now China will have the drone, and reverse engineer the fuck out it.


Stealth & material technology all in one package.


Worse, China can analyze the onboard communication system, and learn how to hack it.  They already have been able to hack US satellites.  So it's possible China could use some hacked satellites to infect drones.


Also China already has the RSA key built into most defense subsystems.


Could you imagine what would happen if US drones are hacked, and start bombing friendly combatants?


China just leveled up with this drone.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:36 | 1972318 cynicalskeptic
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Want to bet China was already involved helping Iran on this ?  There were reports of a hacked operating system some months back.... revenge for Stuxnet?


As far as bombing allies goes... Isn't Pakistan already po'd that we HAVE killed Pakistani Army troops?   No need to hack in for that....we're already killing the wrong people on our own.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:39 | 1972330 DormRoom
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The only thing that would make sense is if the drone itself has a stuxnet variant payload for China.


It's suspicious that the drone was downed, but the US didn't send in black ops to destroy it.


If I were Iran, or China I'd watch out for a payload in the drone that would infect their computers.


The US would love to cripple China with a stuxnet virus, like they did Iran, without any bombing, or military action.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:10 | 1972414 Rynak
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Let me put it this way: ANYONE inspecting enemy software in a non-sandboxed environment, deserves to get fucked.

Then again, considering your post further down (the US military using stoneage RSA encryption, crackable by anyone who can use google), it would appear that technical incompetence is a quite popular thing.

Which in turn is ironic - a few month ago, i got into contact with someone who historically has been quite involved in the "elite of compsci", and personally among many things worked on the eurofighter project.... and who explained, that the US military (and recently banksters) have been the biggest employees of the IT market.... a while back having 33% (THIRTY-THREE PERCENT!!!) of the IT-employment marketshare.....

... and the outcome is stuff like RSA and Stuxnet? WHAT THE FUCK??? What kind of incompetent horde of morons are they employing anyways? Do they have something like a flatrate on the majority of the most incompetent IT workforce, or something?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:34 | 1972512 omniversling
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Good way to deliver a payload of Morgellons (for blood curdling transgenic horizontally gene-transfered Advanced Biological Weapons see:

I'd be nowhere near such a prize without a full CBW HazMat kit if I was an Iranian official...all of a sudden the entire military command, scientists and technicians in Iran/Chian/Russia fall down dead with a mystery flu 2 weeks from now...

Sue for Peace now...urgently, before something truly out of all proportion consumes all of us not in the Owners Club.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:37 | 1972654 DeadFred
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Have you never worked for the government? There's a reason we don't want them to run our health care, financial system etc.- they are inept. Sometimes there are brilliant exceptions but most the government has people dig holes then fill them in. Everything is in done in triplicate on outmoded equipment with more career advancement coming from attending a ethnic sensitivity seminar than from accomplishing a goal. This is why we DON'T want them to have more control over us.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:37 | 1972673 Rynak
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That's right, i haven't. I didn't expect them in the current system to overally result in more than "below average" efficiency, but i - at least in matters critical to fortify the power of the system itself - did not expect them to deliver a quality, that seem MULTIPLE DECADES back in time. Mea culpa.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 09:30 | 1973358 fnordfnordfnord
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After the last few years, I think there's a much stronger case for having the inept replace those who are currently taking us all to the cleaners.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:36 | 1972516 Arrowhead
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Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:22 | 1972475 Seer
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People have been poking these things for a while now.  Nothing new except that we now have "headlines" that get to use "Iran."

Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones $26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 09:34 | 1973367 fnordfnordfnord
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Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected...

Look, anybody could have loaned them 26 bucks. I'm just saying.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:37 | 1972325 john39
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Yeah, maybe zato would finally get the fuck out of all the countries it shouldn't be in.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:41 | 1972336 Rynak
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Sorry, but there is no way the most important US military comms, are secured by mere RSA encryption.... that would be like a stupidogasm.


... or ***IF*** that is the case, goodbye USA.... you just managed to get owned for unquantifiayble (infinite) technical incompetence alone.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:53 | 1972374 Rynak
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google 1 : US military security 0

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:58 | 1972392 seek
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Erm, the video downlinks for the drones were unencrypted until very recently.


Multiple stupidgasms.

The good news is that most of our military won't turn on us, and the ones that do will face a pretty large base of sophisticated hackers in the US, so the toys may not work quite as planned. TPTB drinks a little too much of their own kool-aid sometimes.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:15 | 1972456 DormRoom
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sssh.. don't tell Rynak.. ddude's vein is already bulging.  this news may send him over the edge.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:28 | 1972482 Rynak
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See, i don't expect bleeding-edge competence among the workforce of govs. After all, most of the people making decisions, have no fucking clue about the matter. But i would have expected at least a state-of-the-art that is about 15years behind.......

...this instead is just... anyone even halfway competent - actually, anyone competent enough TO USE GOOGLE, can crack their comms.... and in the case of the earlier drones, even anyone just capable of understanding digital video codecs (formats) (in a perverted way, that someway makes sense: if you don't have any significant security, you may as well spent no money on security at all).

I guess, i'm just amazed how this stuff has not resulted in any disastrous failure. Let me guess: Mutual incompetence? So, any county with at least 50% of military strikepower can beat the USA, just by being able to use google and knowing ahead of time everything they're gonna do?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:45 | 1972538 seek
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No disastrous failure because of the ultimate, biggest secret.

If anyone is around your computer, shoo them away, what I'm about to tell you is top secret, NOFORN, SCI shit.


We really don't have any enemies. We haven't for a long time. So a secret part of the government makes them up so we have someone to fight. Occasionally they try to piss off someone enough to attack, so we can point at a non-made-up "enemy." But really, no one is out to get us and everyone just wants to be left alone.

Remember, don't tell anyone. Burn your computer screen after reading this.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:37 | 1972640 Rynak
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"We" (in the case of the USA, not really applying to "me") may not have any "attackers" who can beat BOTH "our comms AND force", but that does not mean, that the USA and its related "friends" do not have enemies.

Bottom line: Good point, even if perhaps taken too far. The overall "point" of you stands though - given material <insert your favorite term> force, there may not even be the need for significant comms security, simply because of raw physical force (which not only includes military force). So, "we" may be able to dominate nations even while doing it in the (technically) most stupid and low-tech kind of way available to "us".

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:55 | 1972680 dwdollar
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STAY WHERE YOU ARE. The SWAT team is on their way.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:46 | 1972356 TheFourthStooge-ing
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DormRoom asked:


The unhacked ones have already been doing that in Pakistan for months.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:42 | 1972532 willien1derland
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Send a couple of fully armed drones to Wall Street & take out the offices of the FRBNY, Goldman Sachs, JPM, Citi, BoA, MS & the rest of the financial terrorists work areas including the optic fiber lines & infrastructure installed to support HFTs overnight while the banksters are in their homes dreaming of their year end bonuses...BUT PLEASE LEAVE THE OFFICES & Studio of CNBC as I would LOVE to see those bunch of hacks explain away the events...

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:06 | 1972707 UpShotKnotHoleGrable
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goddam i think i love comment ive seen since july 2007.

bring on the drones then, where is anonymous when you really need them.

bring on the drones, this aint gonna be no ddos attack. lower Manhattan = target rich environment.

cnbs is in new jersey, fast money would have plenty of time for reaction, before hellfire.


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:28 | 1972491 Sizzurp
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I have always suspected the Chicoms hacked this thing from the ground in Iran and then landed it.  Iran gets the propaganda bonus and China gets the drone on the down low.  Whatever the case, it's a huge intel prize for china, and a disaster for us.  My guess is that thing had to be operating deep inside Iranian airspace.  No other reason to risk an asset like that for a mundane mission against the Taliban.  We keep seeing further escalation of this covert battle, so it probably won't be long before it shifts to overt action.  At this point both sides have a very light trigger cocked and ready.  The euro crisis isn't helping either.  All the stars are aligning so to speak and the full moon rises.


BTW, alittle something for Ron Paul fans

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 05:04 | 1973047 NidStyles
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Why would China have to go through that effort? They can just pull the damn thing off the assembly line there. You are aware that all of the electronics are made there now right?

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:24 | 1972750 monmick
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What if it's a Trojan horse?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:48 | 1972367 xela2200
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Obama is just talking because He has to. Did we ever get that U2 back? Or is Fidel still using it as an ashtray?

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:08 | 1972592 IQ 101
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Just observing,the US sent back 12 Mexicans last year for violating US groundspace, why would they not send back airspace observers from Bangladesh or who ever will be droning us with our own tech in a month or three.

It will all end with drone battles over the West coast, more fun than a drunk stripper.

This all smells like horseshit, no?

it is a glorified model aircraft. has a few neat light cameras,satellite linky thinky thing and some heat sensory stuff is my guess.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:18 | 1972258 Cheesy Bastard
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drone1    /dro?n/ Show Spelled[drohn] Show IPA noun


2. a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat.


 Obama wants his drone back?  I didn't even know Michelle left.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 00:17 | 1972737 DaveyJones
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4. a mindless worker or sales person - Urban Dictionary 

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:17 | 1972259 slewie the pi-rat
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i heard a short audio of bilary when i checked the radio @ mkt close and there was quite a bit of laughter from reporters when she said the request for t iran to return it had been made but she wasn't expecting compliance...

could this be a trojan drone?


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:25 | 1972288 nonclaim
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What if the drone is real but not the real thing? A flying honeypot, for lack of a better metaphor.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:52 | 1972378 TheFourthStooge-ing
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What if it's actually a flying teapot, piloted by pot head pixies from the planet Gong?


Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:26 | 1972487 FEDbuster
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Trojan drone with a suitcase nuke on board.  Just waiting for the right time to blow Ahmadinejad to his meeting with allah.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 22:25 | 1972480 slewie the pi-rat
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everytime a zeroHead touches his/her joystick, it is monitored by 9 different spy networks

every stroke, too

err,...keystroke, BiCheZ!

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 23:04 | 1972580 americanspirit
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And a big raised middle finger to them all! May they all get cancer and die a painful lingering death.

Tue, 12/13/2011 - 01:20 | 1972854 Ahmeexnal
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I caught the spooks turning on my webcam recently. Thank you noisy firewire iSight.

Now I understand why all laptops come with integrated webcam. Those are silent, users never imagine they are being surveilled.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:27 | 1972294 Fish Gone Bad
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+1  That has been my thought since this story broke.  Not only is it NOT a stealth drone, it is actively gathering information.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:34 | 1972320 scatterbrains
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or did some software company leak the code so Iran could intercept and land it and thus kicking of World Drone War-I  and thus kicking up demand for bigger better software.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:35 | 1972321 Ahmeexnal
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While also dishing out STUXNET to every bluetooth able smartphone within reach.

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 21:44 | 1972347 ziggy59
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I'm not certain, but I believe stuxnet is a windows based entity.
