http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/politics/white-house-drone-crash/index.html
On Monday January 26, 2015, a drone landed on the grounds of the White House. Fortunately the drone operator was using the piece of equipment for recreational activity only. The man was a government intelligence agency employee who was showing off for his friends around 2 am. Although this specific case showed no particular concern for our government, there has been other recent suspicious activity with drone usage. In a recent interview, Obama discussed the need for stronger regulations surrounding the use of drones. A new update that future drones will have will be the ability to not start if the drone is in restricted area. Also, if someone tries to fly the drone in a restricted area, it will send an alert and the drone will have a feature that forces it to fly home. The Secret Services will continue to do everything in their power to regulate and protect air space surrounding the D.C. area.
This article relates to government in several ways. Most importantly, it involves the safety of our president. If special measures are not taken, it could potentially put our most crucial government officials in danger. It is also related because the Secret Services falls under the U.S. Treasury department.
I personally believe that the Secret Services needs to regulate air control more than they already do. People are already using drones to transport drugs and other illegal paraphernalia. If it was that easy to accidentally fly a drone into the White House lawn, I cannot even imagine what it wold be like if somebody were purposefully directing the drone to harm the president. I believe the president or other governmental figures could potentially be put in serious danger if something does not happen right away to protect them.
