For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil. A somewhat strange story emerged yesterday involving an extremist antigovernment group, a North Dakota sheriff's office, and six missing cows, but there's a much larger story behind this brief legal tangle between local law enforcement and the Brossart family of Nelson Country.
When Alex, Thomas and Jacob Brossart were arrested on their farm back in June after allegedly chasing the local Sheriff off their property with rifles, they became the first known U.S. citizens to be arrested on American soil with the help of a Predator drone, Stars and Stripes reports. They will not, however, be the last. Most U.S. citizens are aware that US. Customs and Border Protection owns and operates a handful of aerial drones along the nation's northern and southern borders (eight Predators to be exact), but when Congress authorized the use of drones along the borders in 2005 it was thought that they would be used strictly to curb illegal immigration and to detect smuggling routes. [Stars and Stripes] Xe Services. Academi is a private security services provider founded in 1997 by Erik Prince.[2][3] Formerly and still popularly known as Blackwater,[4] the company was renamed "Xe Services" in 2009, and "Academi" in 2011.[5] The company was purchased in late 2010 by a group of private investors who changed the name to Academi and instituted a Board of Directors and new Senior Management.
Erik Prince retained the rights to the name Blackwater and has no affiliation with Academi. The company received widespread publicity in 2007 when a group of its employees shot at Iraqi civilians killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad.[6][7] Bomb Shelter, Underground and Survival Shelters - Hardened Structures. Islands for Sale, Private Islands, Luxury Real Estate. Home - ATHENA Academy Female Bodyguards(SM) 2008-