IG Report: ATF Scraps Drone Program After Wasting $600K on Broken Drones

[BarryDonegan]

http://benswann.com/ig-report-atf-scraps-drone-program-after-wasting-600k-on-broken-drones/

According to a Department of Justice inspector general report on the use of drones by federal law enforcement agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives squandered $600,000 on six drones that did not meet manufacturer specifications for capabilities such as flight time and could not be used for surveillance, resulting in the cancellation of the program.

[jmdrake]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Happy that the program failed. Sad that they wasted the money. Concerned that this means they'll just spend more next time.

[brushfire]

Spending other people's money, on other people. B-F-D

[Stratovarious]

They won't stop, these drones didn't perform, they will continue with a new under the radar program spending billions more until they
have what they want.
The new generation may not show up for a couple years.
Once the gov gets a whiff of more ways to spy on and kill it's citizens, it will not let up.
The only cure is to defund the AGENCY, whatever the that might be: CIA ATF NSA TSA DHS ,,,,,,,UPS FEDEX DHL USPS (:-).


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[Pericles]

No stress - they have $1.1 Billion more where that came from.

[Dr.3D]

I have to wonder if the relative of somebody in Washington got rich from that contract.