Dem Sen. Blumenthal: Feds Need to 'Tell Us' What They Know on Drones — 'Matter of National Security'

Dem Sen. Blumenthal: Feds Need to ‘Tell Us’ What They Know on Drones — ‘Matter of National Security’


Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said Wednesday on CNN’s “OutFront” that the federal government needs to tell the public about the mysterious drones flying over the East Coast.

Blumenthal said, “I don’t know what’s going on and neither do the agencies who have responsibility for it. And that’s why I’ve demanded answers from them. At the very least, to tell us what they are doing to determine what’s going on. There is a system of rules relating to the altitude that’s permissible for these drones. The kind of remote identification that is necessary when they are flown. There is a whole fabric of restrictions on where they can go in terms of sensitive sites, and there’s no explanation for why these agencies the FAA, the Department of

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